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3Uo8n Na1ooth 1101 Holly Drive West Lino Lakes, MH 55038 PH; 426-0887 January 22,1996 Dear. Mary Kay 'yland, and "Who El6o This Hay Concern" First Of all, I want it documented that I am upset with the city for Vuttiny me through 9 months of unnecessary stress, beginning in. Maroh '95. •I had.been informed by everyone there, time and time:again, .that th� titYijw/Vld not o «VV«'t me, about this fence Issue -- I was on my own! In other words, -the foncw agreement was exclusively between myself and. HVkanoon Development, and the City would not be involved at all. Then wthVut warniog,•tho rules changed. The staff noVVooe4ly. re-evaluated the fencing/buffer motion from 8/8/94, and decided that I am no longer a participant, ponoorniny this fonoo' l had received thio littlo Thews flash", unexpectedly, about 4:;00 PM, on November 30th, through a phone call from you,...about the "surprise" issuance of Hokanoon'n fencing. permit, with less than a 24-hour notice to me. I had inquired at this time, whether this could he VVSoihlw, ninw there' ' had been no mutual agreement between HoKanoon and myself. You had said that the staff and Hokan000 had arrived at a deoioion yourselves, excluding mo. Why did the City waste my time for all these months, subjecting m* to all this stress, including harraoomont from Hoka000n"o attorneys, who threatened lawsuits or taking me to court! I had to waste my time attending mediation services and meetings! I had to waste my time doing all that senseless research on fence price comparisons with various companies! And I had to waste my time calculating all those fence prices and linear foota0oo, for total estimated costs! Why didn't the city competently decide this matter from its inception -- instead of making an 180-dogroo switch, such as this at the end? The major point of thio letter •in to answer' your letter, dated I1/30/95. I did not have an oVVortv»ity to respond sooner, because I do 'have a Voroonal life to attend to. And with the holidays, I was rather busy with family matters. In a prior phone conversation on 11/30/95, when you had stated that the City intended to innuo HokanSon Development the fence permit, I had questioned you on the "timing" of this permit, with winter in full force, and the ground being. frozen. You had said that there was a "warm spell" forecast for the imVondiny weekend of December 1-3, and that HoKanoVn was quite anxious to begin installation Of this fence, at this time. Well, the "warm spell" and Chat "weekend" came and went, and not one person was out here doing any installation work on that fenoo....FOR THE RECORD. ln• the 11/30/95 letter, you had stated that the 6 -foot boards will have a 1 -inch spacing "per Walseth's request". .fiat is quite inaccurate, hooauow 1 have always' said to you and Hoka000n that I Vrwferrwdltho minimal 10% gap for air space and passage, documented in the. City's own fence ordinance. It seems that every time this "gap." was discussed with you, you .disregarded my preference, almost implying that I was being uncooperative and trivial -- when my intentions were just to insure maximum privacy for myself. I just want IA stated FOR THF RECORD, that I