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ROBERT L. HOFFMAN GERALD H. FRIEDELL EDWARD J. DRISCOLL JOHN D. FULLMER FRANK I. HARVEY CHARLES S. MODELL CHRISTOPHER J. DIETZEN LINDA H. FISHER THOMAS P. STOLTMAN MICHAEL C. JACKMAN JOHN E. DtEHL JON S. S~NIER2~NSKI THOMAS J. FLYNN JAMES P. QUINN TODD I. FREEMAN GERALD L SECK JOHN B. LUNCQUIST DAYLE NOLAN * JOHN A. COTTER * PAUL B. PLUNK~TT KATHLEEN M. PICOTTE NEWMAN GREGORY E. KORSTAD GARY ~ VAN CLEVE * TIMOTHY J. KEANE MICHAEL W. SCHLEY TERRENCE E. BISHOP GARY ~ RENNEKE CHRISTOPHER J. HARRISTHAL KENDEL J. OHLROGGE SRUCE J. DOUGI-~S WILLIAM C. GRIFFITH, JR JOHN R. HILL PETER J. COYLE LARRY D. MARTIN JANE E. BREMER JOHN J. BTEFFENHAGEN MICHAEL J. SMITH ANDREW F. PERRIN FREDERICK W. NIEBUHR LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. ATTORNEYS AT LAW 1500 WELLS FARGO PLAZA 7900 XERXES AVENUE SOUTH BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55431-1194 TELEPHONE (952) 835-3800 FAX (952) 896-3333 WILLIAM G. THORNTON DOUGLAS M. RAMLER LYNN M. STARKO~CH STEPHEN J. KAMINSKI THOMAS F. ALF-Y~NDER DANIEL T. KADLEC ADAM S. HUHTA * KENNETH COREY-EDSTROM ANN M. MEYER JAMES M. SUSAG * DANIEL J. BALLINTINE JEFFREY D. CAHILL SEAN D. KELLY JOSEPH J. FI3-rANTE, JR. THOMAS J. OPPOLD ** JONATHAN J. FOGEL CYNTHIA M. KLAUS MARK D. CHRISTOPHERSON NEAL J. BLANCHE3-r TAMARA O'NEILL MORELANO JAMES A. MCGREEVY, [11 THOMAS A. GUMP * TODD A~ TAYLOR CHRISTOPHER J. DEIKE GENEVIEVE A. BECK MARIA M. ZACK DIONNE M. BENSON JEREMY C. STIER JOANI C. MOBERG CHRIS M. HEFFELBOWER MICHAEL A. ESS~EN OF COUNSEL JAMES P. LARKIN ' JACK F. DALY D. KENNETH LINDGREN · ALSO ADMITTED IN WISCONSIN · * ONLY ADMI~rED IN iOWA August 19, 2002 Mayor and City Council Members City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330-5600 Re: Twin Lakes Crossing Preliminary Plat Approval; Our File 24,134-14 Dear Mayor and Council Members: We represent Tollefson Development, Inc. ("Tollefson") with regard to Twin Lakes Crossing preliminary plat (the "Plat") under your consideration by the City Council this evening. The City Staff Report lists five reasons for denial of the preliminary plat. We believe none of these reasons is sufficient to support denial as set forth below. We therefore request that you approve the Plat. 1. The Request to Rezone Is Approved As set forth in our correspondence to you dated July 15, 2002, and to the City Attorney, dated August 1, 2002, Tollefson's application to rezone has been approved by operation of law. On April 30, 2002, Tollefson requested a rezoning to R3 for Twin Lakes Crossing. The application was deemed complete and the City considered it, including public hearing before the Planning Commission. Minnesota's 60-Day Rule (Minn. Stat. § 15.99) requires the City to decide any application "related to zoning" within 60 days of submittal. If the City does not render a decision within that time period, then "Failure of an agency to deny a request within 60 days is approval of the request." Id., subd. 2. The City may grant itself a 60-day extension at any time, for virtually any reason, before the initial 60 days expires, or it may request that the applicant waive the timeline or grant an extension. However, Minnesota law makes it clear that the burden is on the City to secure an adequate extension if needed. An applicant's waiver of rights under the 60-Day Rule must be explicit and clear; silence or failure to immediately press rights is not waiver. (See #C3-02-65 Northern States Power Co., d/b/a Xcel Energy, petitioner/plaintiff, vs. City of Mendota Heights, Power Line Task