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February 21, 1989 To the Little Canada Planning Commission: We need a new larger utility and storage building for Thirty- Twenty Mobile Home Court & Sales. The present building is undersized and is structurally and aesthetically unsound. Since taking over management of this court, I have made a number of improve- ments to what was already a well run court. I have installed new underground 220 volt electrical lines to the two southernmost rows of mobile homes (the A & B rows) to replace the old inadequate 110 volt lines so that now all homes have up to date electrical service. I have installed new underground telephone service to the A & B row homes to replace the unsightly aboveground lines. I have installed high pressure sodium street lights along the A row street. This area was previously unlit. Also, high pressure sodium lights have been install- ed elsewhere in the court. I have resurfaced all the blacktop in the court with a new coat of blacktop, not simply stone and tar or other type of second rate repair. I have blacktopped the area by the office, the A row street and, in fact, all street surfaces not previously blacktopped. I have even paid for the blacktopping at our neighbor's, Mr. Schrier's road which runs parallel and adjacent to our A row road. I did so to improve the appearance of the court as I did not want a gravel road beside our blacktop road. I have also install- ed cable T.V. at the A & B rows and will finish installation of the cable T.U. lines within the rest of the court subsequent to the completion of the proposed new utility building. In short, I have tried very hard to improve the court. The utility building is the next step in the improvement process. Another reason for the new building is the storm shelter issue. At present, we are the only court in Little Canada which provides a shelter on site for the tenants. At the initial inspection of our office basement shelter a few weeks ago, John Palacio found our shelter to meet all state criteria with the exception of the "second exit" and "handicapped accessibility" requirements. This prompted me to call Kraus - Anderson Contractors regarding the possible con- struction of a ramp to the basement so as to meet all criteria. Later, at the Emergency Services Committee meeting on January 25, 1989, it was decided that all that was needed was for me to provide a second exit which I will do. I was told now that no ramp was needed for the handicapped. I was not im- pressed with the stability of this decision. Basically, what happened is that due to the problems North Star Court has in constructing a storm shelter, it was decided that to be "fair," all other courts needn't comply to the letter with all the state shelter requirements. I wouldn't be surprised if a different decision is rendered at a future date. If anything, maybe the state will not Page 27