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31 <br />December 12, 1996 <br />Mr. Mike Morrison <br />City Manager <br />City of St. Anthony <br />3301 Silver Lake Road NE <br />St. Anthony, MN 55418 <br />Dear Mr. Morrison; <br />Please accept this letter as my application for a position on the St. Anthony Planning <br />Commission. I believe that my skills and background, coupled with my desire to serve the <br />community in this capacity, would be an asset to the commission and to the City Council. <br />An overview of my professional experience includes: Administrator at Encompass, Inc., an <br />investigative engineering firm involved in the analysis of building failures and the <br />negotiation and settlement of construction and development disputes; County Extension <br />Agent specializing in the development and implementation of community-based programs; <br />and a Community Development officer in the Central American country of Belize. In <br />performing these duties, I have had extensive contact with diverse groups of people in both <br />informal and formal meeting situations. In all of these positions a significant portion of my <br />responsibilities was to gather and analyze information, often with the input of legal and <br />technical consultants, to come up with the best solution for all involved parties. I believe <br />this would be a valuable asset as a Planning Commission member. <br />In the period since leaving full -time employment I have been involved, in addition to raising <br />my family, as a volunteer in community organizations and have provided computer - related <br />consulting services for small- business clients. Examples of these activities are services <br />related to the installation of cost - accounting systems at construction - related firms; serving <br />on the Board of Directors of a pre- school program for low- income children funded by a <br />coalition of churches; serving on the Building Restoration Committee of our church; and my <br />current involvement with the Advisory Board of the ECFE program in St. Anthony. <br />With Apache Plaza undergoing redevelopment and the development of a new <br />comprehensive plan, the Planning Commission and City Council are making decisions that <br />will affect all citizens of St. Anthony in the near and distant future. Also, the Planning <br />Commission deals with the challenge of balancing the varied interests and needs of <br />A <br />