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Kennedy CH AR T E R ED Offices in Minneapolis Saint Paul St. Cloud 470 U.S. Bank Plaza 200 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 (612) 337 -9300 telephone (612) 337 -9310 fax http://www.kennedy-graven.com Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer MICHAEL T. NORTON Attorney at Law Direct Dial (612) 337 -9242 Email: mnorton @kennedy- graven.com June 30, 2008 Dear Lino Lakes City Council and City Management Team: Thank you for the opportunity to submit a proposal to provide legal services to your City. I have devoted nearly my entire professional career to representing local government, and it would be a privilege to serve as your City Attorney. We are proposing a team approach in order to insure timely response to requests for legal services. I will be the primary contact and Corrine Heine will assist. As well, Charlie LeFevere will be a member of our team offering his 33 years of experience. We will be able to use my 28 years of local government experience and Corrine's 23 years of experience to reduce costs for the City by being as efficient as possible. Rather then spending our time, and the client's money, researching city law, we will be able to rely on our past work and experience to immediately start producing the advice or documents needed. Efficiently providing quality services ultimately costs a client less than paying a lower hourly rate to someone who cannot achieve the same level of efficiency, even if working at a lower hourly rate. Kennedy & Graven is truly one of the few full- service local government firms in the state, and I believe no other firm can match our breadth and depth of experience with local governments. If Corrine or I don't know the answer to a particular question, another of our experienced attorneys, such as Charlie LeFevere, will. Also, we are able to walk down the hall to draw upon the decades of experience of the other attorneys in the Firm as needed to better serve the City, since it is important to us that your City receives prompt responses from our office if Corrine or I ever happen to be unavailable when your City needs immediate assistance. The following Proposal contains a great deal of information regarding the Firm and its services. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can provide any additional information that may be needed to assist the City i n making its decision. Feel free to view the Firm's web page, located at www.kennedy-graven.com. Very truly yours, Michael T. Norton 335331v8 MTN KG400 -11