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Professional Redevelopment Resources, Inc. <br />2300 Central Ave. N.1.•., Mpls., MN 55418 <br />Ph: (612) 789 -5151 0 Fax: (612) 788 -1011 <br />Toll Free: (800) 553 -2092 <br />15 January, 1999 <br />Mr. Wayne Westphal <br />Harold's Shoe Repair, Inc. <br />2826 Rice Street <br />Little Canada, MN 55113 <br />Dear Mr. Westphal: <br />-= 1111;: <br />�= <br />BIM <br />111100111 <br />This letter is a follow -up to our phone conversation yesterday. <br />When we spoke, you explained that you would like to have the plumbing costs for installing a new <br />toilet and sink at the replacement location characterized as substitute personal property and <br />claimed as an actual moving and related expense. <br />The pertinent language of the statute relating to substitute personal property is as follows: <br />(12) Purchase of substitute personal property. If an item of personal property which is <br />us ci as part of a business ... is not moved but is promptly replaced with a substitute item <br />that performs a comparable function at the replacement site, the displaced person is <br />entitled to payment of the lesser of <br />(I) The cost of the substitute item, including installation costs at the replacement <br />site, minus any proceeds from the sale or trade -in of the replaced item; or <br />(ii) The estimated cost of moving and reinstalling the replaced item... <br />It is niy conclusion that a toilet and sink are not property which is used as a part of the shoe repair <br />business. Therefore, this provision is inapplicable and I am unable to consider the installation <br />costs of the new toilet and sink as substitute personal properly. The purchase and installation of <br />these items more closely falls within the following category: <br />(2) Modifications to the replacement property to accommodate the business operation or <br />make replacement structures suitable for conducting business. <br />This is a re- establishment category and subject to the $10,000.00 cap. Thus I will be unable to re- <br />characterize this expense as anything other than a re- establishment expense. <br />Please give me a call to discuss as need be. <br />rely, <br />Judit <br />A. Mlinar <br />sultant <br />Page 6 <br />