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RECEIVED <br />OCT 16 2018 <br />October 17, 2018 <br />City of Elk River <br />The Board of Adjustments <br />To Everyone Concerned, <br />My name is Gerald (Gerry) R Sizer. In August of 2016 my wife, Carol, and I <br />purchased property in Elk River located at 22362 Jarvis St NW. The <br />property included 20 acres of land, a 1921 farm home, 5 out buildings, a <br />silo, and a granary. <br />In 2016 we demolished the silo and granary. We remodeled one out <br />building and filled it with personal belongings. We signed a contract with <br />Ziegler Homes to build our new home and we initiated a plan for moving <br />back to Minnesota from Florida. <br />The new home was completed in 2017. We demolished the old farm <br />house and moved into our new home in August. <br />In 2018 we have been renovating the remaining out buildings. Our goal <br />was to complete that work this year. The weather has not been too <br />cooperative so we will actually finish it next spring. On completion this <br />renovation project will include our new home and 5 existing renovated out <br />buildings. <br />In July of this year we were able to purchase the property adjacent to us. <br />The address of the new property is 22300 Jarvis St NW. The property <br />includes 18.27 acres of land, a 2 story farm house, silo, garage, 3 out <br />buildings (former owner had fires in all three, debris remains), the remains <br />of an old barn, an old RV, the bed of an old semi, and piles of junk_ The <br />clean up has started. We are currently waiting for the hazardous materials <br />to be removed from the house and have applied for a demolition permit. <br />Instead of renovating any of the structures on the new property I would like <br />to demolish and remove everything. Then, I would need a variance to put <br />