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OCT- 7-99 THU 16: 19 SIEGEL, BRILL FAX NO. 612 339 6691 P. 02 <br /> LAW OFFICES <br /> • SIEGEL. BRILL. GREUPNER, DUFFY & FOSTER, P.A. <br /> !SOC WASHINGTON SOUARE <br /> JOSIAH C. BRILL, J . ICO WASHINGTON AVENUE SOUTH JORDAN M, LEWIS <br /> JAMES R. GREUPNER MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55401 tiR1AN E. wEIseERG <br /> GERALD S. DUFFY MICHELLE R. KLEGON <br /> WOOD R. FOSTER, JR. TELEIDHONE 181_1 339.7131 JAMES A. YAROSH <br /> THOMAS H. GOODMAN STEVEN WEINTRAUT <br /> JOHN 5, WATSON FACSIMILE 18131 339.85x1 TROT J. SEIBERT <br /> wM. CHRISTOPHER PENWELL <br /> SUSAN M. Writer's Address: !� <br /> ter' E-Mail AddTon•Gleekel SHGDF•com <br /> ANTHONY J.. GLEEKEL LE <br /> JOEL H. JENSEN OF COUNSEL <br /> SHERRI L, ROHLF RICHARD SIEGEL <br /> October 7, 1999 <br /> Ms. Michele McPherson VIA FACSIMILE - 612 441-7425 <br /> Director of Planning <br /> City of Elk River <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway <br /> P.O. Box 490 <br /> Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> Re: Associated Investors of Elk River, Inc.—Elk River Project <br /> • Comments to Proposed Development Standards <br /> Our File No. 19,293-D-002 <br /> Dear Michele: <br /> I understand from your voicemail that there is quorum for Tuesday's Planning Commission work <br /> session. I will be attending the work session to discuss, among other things, the Development <br /> Standards initially adopted by the Planning Commission at its last meeting. <br /> I reviewed the Development Standards you forwarded to me following our meeting of September <br /> 30, 1999, with Cathy Anderson, an architect at Korsunsky Krank Erickson Architects, Inc. <br /> (KKE), the consulting architect on the Project. <br /> As I stated on behalf of my client at the Planning Commission and City Council meetings <br /> attended throughout this process, it is my client's intention that the Development be <br /> architecturally pleasing, and that each proposal be reviewed on its own merits. The proposed <br /> Development Standards are far more detailed and pervasive than the development standards for <br /> Elk Park Center. The Elk Park Center standards include only general statements on architectural <br /> character, landscaping and lighting. While we are prepared to comply with development <br /> standards which include the proposed categories, my client requests some reasonable revisions. <br /> The proposed revisions set forth herein are in no way an attempt to produce mediocre <br /> development, but instead are an opportunity to clarify, simplify and provide options with respect <br /> • to the goals of the Development Standards. <br />