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• Obviously, the barn and the area around it will be the main focus for visiting guests as all activities will happen or start there. The barn was built with a 20' wide by 96' long lean-to on the north side. At present this lean-to is wide open and unfinished; a pipe to the septic system and a pipe to the house for natural gas are already in place as is the water, electric and phone lines. Our plan is to construct a small office, 2 bathrooms, a utility or furnace room and possibly a small kitchen at the west end and leave the bulk of the space as a year round activity room. The ceiling would be over 9' high and the south wall would have doors and windows looking out into the main part of the barn so it should be a nice open room. We would equip this room with tables and chairs so that it could be used for various purposes. I foresee keeping a sleigh and a one of the carriages in the east end of the room as well as hanging some harness on the walls for decoration. Pony rides and the walk -in petting zoo activity could be done either inside the barn or in the fenced area across the parking area west of the barn. The horse drawn rides would start at the front of the barn and proceed out the north gate and around the open hay field at the north end of the property. An additional route may be across the southeast pasture, out the gate at that corner and then by the trees located along the south edge of the property. I often drive horse drawn hay wagon or carriage on public roads but I'm a bit concerned about doing it on 20th avenue in front of our place due to the lack of shoulders. I intend to talk to Anoka County about the possibility of getting some sort of warning signs erected. Jean and I plan on living here in Lino Lakes and enjoying our animals as long as we are able. We certainly want to be good neighbors and citizens of this fine community and at the same time continue to encourage more positive interaction between people and animals. We are open to any and all suggestions. We can be contacted by a number of ways if there are any questions. Our home phone number is 426 -0733, the business number (which also rings in the house and is on a recorder when we are not here) is 426 -8163 and my personal cell phone is 612 987 -1758. I check e-mail every morning, that address is billw@waltons-hollow.com Thanks Bill Walton www.waltons-hollow.com