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• • TOM AND DEBBIE MESICH 7065 RICE LAKE LANE • LINO LAKES MN 55014-1215 (612)784-3059 Fax: (612)784-2063 December 1, 1995 Sandra Thackeray City of Elk River PO Box 490 Elk River MN 55330 Dear Sandra: Thank you for talking with me this week about our move to Elk River. We have a signed purchase agreement on the property at 11401 205th Ave NW but the agreement is contingent upon us obtaining a kennel license by 1/1/96. I have enclosed a completed license application and a check for$75. The proposed closing date would not be until 3/15/96. We are excited about moving to Elk River and are looking forward to having more"room to roam". I thought I would give you some additional information on our pets. I have been active in owning and • showing St Bernards since 1974. Currently we have 3 Saints, an 8 year old champion male,a 3 year old almost champion female, and a 5 month old puppy. We are not planning on adding any saints in the near future as we will be showing the puppy for at least two more years. We also have two house dogs, a dachshund, and a"pound puppy". We will be moving our outside kennels to the new house when we move in so the initial setup will be a six foot high, 16 x 20.5 foot,kennel enclosure separated into three separate runs. Each run will have an insulated dog house and food and water. In the winter,we have heated water buckets to provide fresh water at all times. We run the dogs and clean droppings morning and afternoon. Currently we place the droppings in a garbage can and dispose of it weekly with the regular garbage. It is our intent to explore an onsite dog waste disposal system after we move in. The house currently has a kennel in the rear yard with a door to the garage area and it is our intent to eventually place our current kennel on a concrete slab with two more accesses to the garage and to build a chain link enclosure in the garage. We will also be fencing in an exercise area for the dogs at the end of the kennel with a pea gravel surface, and eventually fence a larger area in the rear yard for a kid play yard. Currently,we live on a one acre lot in Lino Lakes and we have never had any complaints about noise or nuisance violations. I am the president of a small computer consulting company and I am able to work much of the time at home. My wife works only part time while the kids are in school. This means that there is usually someone home and we are very strict about barking. We are very involved with responsible dog ownership and have been members of the Greater Twin Cities St Bernard Club for many years. We train our dogs for conformation, obedience,and drafting and they all have been bred for wonderful temperament. Our older male also holds a Canine Good Citizen title. •