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September 5, 1995 To All Mounds View City Council Members: • The purpose of this document is to provide you with information regarding our request for a permit to establish a residential kennel. It will provide you with information regarding the types of dogs to be raised, as well as information regarding the care and keeping of the animals. The purpose for our request to establish a residential kennel is to allow us to raise and train up to four(4)Field Bred English Springer Spaniels. We purchased our first Field Bred Springer 4 years ago as a family pet, but have since become actively involved in training and participating in field trial competitions. We have been residents of Mounds View for 11 years, at 8426 Groveland Road. We have a traditional family structure(husband and wife), with four children ages 10, 8, 6 &2 1/2. Our backyard is fenced in to allow the dogs space to run outside of their kennels. We have a 3-run kennel attached to the back of the garage which provides the dogs with a 4x4 space indoors, and a 4x8 run outdoors. As stated above, we have been owners of Field Bred English Springer Spaniels.(FBESS) since.1991. We have been active members of the Minnesota English Springer Spaniel Club (NLSSC) for 4 years. Rich has done all training and trialing of our dogs himself We have participated in more than 15 AKC licensed field trials in the past 3 years, as well • as 12 fun trials. We attend the field trials as a family whenever possible. In addition to participating in field trials, we have also been actively involved in promoting the FBESS breed. Rich has served as the New Member Chairman of MESSC for the past 2 years. He has also worked at the MESSC booth at the annual Game Fair for the past 3 years. Rich has been actively involved in other aspects of the field trials as well. He has acted as a judge's steward for past MESSC sponsored field trials, and will be on the Field Trial Committee for the 1995 MESSC fall field trial. He has also been involved as a judge in the informal field trials (called fun trials) held by all three Minnesota springer clubs. Additionally, he recently completed an AKC approved judging seminar for English Springer Spaniels and hopes to judge field trials in the future. As stated, we are actively involved in training and trialing English Springer Spaniels. We would like the opportunity to increase our participation, and to get other family members involved in training and trialing. We have attached other documentation which may provide you with additional information regarding our dogs and the care they receive. First is an article which provides some insight to field trials from a non-participating spectators point-of-view. The second document is a recommendation from our vet. It details the type of care given to our dogs. We appreciate the time you have taken to review our application •