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From:Mike Ferderer <br />To:Max Gort <br />Cc:dkmach25@hotmail.com <br />Subject:Variance at 14320 Grantaire Lane N <br />Date:Thursday, August 24, 2023 9:28:22 AM <br />Attachments:image755272.jpg <br />image394389.png <br />image337057.png <br />image802646.png <br />image108830.png <br />image128187.png <br />image248904.png <br />You don't often get email from mferderer@par3it.com. Learn why this is important <br />Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. <br />Good morning, <br />I will not be able to attend the meeting this evening regarding the variance that was allotted for the <br />new house on Grantaire Lane N so I’m submitting this email in-place. Please consider my comments <br />during your meeting. <br />We live 2 houses down from there (14266 Grantaire Lane N) and would have liked an opportunity to <br />weigh in earlier before the exception to offsets was granted and prior to construction starting. There <br />are two primary concerns I have. First, the offsets are very small as it is. Decreasing this to 13” is <br />ridiculous and could potentially affect resale values, post safety concerns, introduce issues with <br />creating necessary systems for in-ground utilities, water drainage, etc. I personally would be bringing <br />up all these as concerns if this happened on my property, but as it stands I think it creates a likely <br />potential to decrease value on the directly impacted property which will have an indirect impact on <br />the surrounding property values. <br />The second concern of mine is this never seemed to go through the normal channels of approval and <br />with the extreme nature of how close this structure is to the adjacent property it certainly should <br />never have been approved. We tried to get our home approved for a walk-out and the city <br />(appropriately) rejected that plan because the top of block was too high in relation to the 2 adjacent <br />properties. This came to our expense to redraw plans and protected the 2 adjacent home owners. <br />When we tried to pursue it (at the time, prior to build) we were asked to meet with our <br />development’s Architectural Review Committee (ARC) and our builder, which we did. We came to <br />the conclusion that we should change course and our plans were redrawn for a look-out. This type of <br />consideration should be taken on homes build so close together and if an extreme variance is <br />proposed the impacted neighbors should be consulted prior to approving this. I’m not sure how the <br />city, the Victor Gardens ARC, or the neighbors weren’t all included in consideration for what was <br />approved but I would appreciate a better understanding of this. <br />I would like to know more about how it got approved, what actions would be taken to correct or <br />reverse this or if there will be any other corrective actions taken for the surrounding home owners <br />to address the concerns above. <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />Mike Ferderer​| Chief Revenue Officer <br />612.326.3610 |Direct: 612.326.3614