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33 <br /> 121 - 20th Ave. S.W. <br /> New Brighton, MN 55112 <br /> April 28, 2000 <br /> Members of the Planning Commission and City Council <br /> St. Anthony Village <br /> 3301 Silver Lake Road <br /> St. Anthony, MN 55418 <br /> Dear Members : <br /> We herewith submit an application for a renewal of your Planning <br /> Commission action of May 18, 1999 and City Council action of May <br /> 25, 1999, which actions you took in response to our March 12 , 1999 <br /> petition for lot width and area variance pertaining to a parcel of <br /> land on which we desired to build a single-family residence. <br /> Here is a summary of events leading up to your unanimous approval <br /> of our petition: in the fall of 1999, we agreed to purchase from <br /> Arvid and Eleanor Johnson their property at 4008 Fordham Drive, <br /> which at the time included a 60 foot wide portion we recognized as <br /> an ideal site for a new home. During our negotiations with the <br /> Johnsons, we informed them that our purchase of their property <br /> would be subject to Planning Commission and City Council approval <br /> of our Petition for Variance, which we subsequently submitted. <br /> Upon your approval of our Petition, we completed the purchase of <br /> the entire property from the Johnsons on June 25, 1999 , using a <br /> mortgage to finance it. At about the same time, Ramsey County <br /> completed its process of splitting off the 60-foot-wide lot and <br /> assigned it a separate PIN for tax and other purposes . The location <br /> of the lot makes us assume that the house number of the home we <br /> build will be 4004 Fordham Drive. <br /> The May 18,. 1999 Minutes of the Planning Commission state: <br /> Motion by Horst, second by Bergstrom to approve the lot width and <br /> lot variance requests for 4004 Fordham Drive as it would not alter <br /> the essential character of the neighborhood and is in keeping the <br /> intention and spirit of the Zoning Code. <br /> Motion carried unanimously. <br /> The Minutes of the May 25 meeting of the City Council stater <br /> Motion by Marks, second by Faust to approve lot width and lot area <br /> variance for 4xxx Fordham Drive, David Sperry, Buyer, <br /> Motion carried unanimously <br />