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• <br />• <br />• <br />July 25, 2007 <br />Paul Bengston <br />Associate Planner <br />600 Town Center Parkway <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 -1182 <br />Re: Your letter dated July 16, conceming alleged zoning violation <br />Dear Paul, <br />I talked to you on the phone today and requested an extension of time in order to deal with this <br />issue. That request still stands and we would appreciate anything you can do give us more time. <br />I've been in contact with Snap Fitness headquarters located in Chanhassen and of course they <br />are very concerned about this situation. At present, there are 325 locations spread all over the <br />country with the bulk of them being right here in Minnesota and this is the first time any franchisee <br />as had a problem of this sort. <br />One very important piece of information needed at this time is the specific statute or ordinance we <br />are allegedly in violation of. This is not referenced in your letter. Please let us know at your <br />earliest convenience what that is. <br />Also, my wife and I both are having difficulty figuring out how you arrived at your machine counts. <br />In reality there are only 6 more machines presently compared to what was indicated on the <br />original layout, not 10. <br />About the big picture; I'm a little confused about what you and the city are attempting to <br />accomplish here. It appears you believe there is a parking problem. My wife and our manager <br />both state that they have never seen every parking space occupied, even during the busiest <br />times; furthermore, they can not recall one of our customers ever complaining about not being <br />able to find a place to park. That said, we are aware that one or two of the other tenants have <br />been complaining about the parking, we do not share that concern with them. <br />Finally, this could have a serious impact on our future plans. We are always trying to grow our <br />business. There is empty space right next door to ours and we were hoping to get to the point <br />where we need to expand and add more machines in order to meet customer demand. This <br />would of course put more pressure on parking. I'm also pretty sure every business at the mall <br />would like to grow and attract more customers thus putting even more pressure on parking. What <br />do you plan to do about that? <br />Thank you for your consideration, <br />Mark Winey <br />Snap Fitness <br />6511 Ware Road <br />Lino Lakes, MN 5014 <br />651 -426 - 1645 x24 (work) <br />mark@magnepan.com <br />RECEIVED <br />JUL 2 5 2007 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />