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Tech%r on En~ in. Inc. 612 425 413]'5 P. 132 Michael and Jeanni¢ Bodnar 14300 202nd Avenue Elk River, MN 55330 06-25-96 Mr. Steve Ach City Harmer City of Elk River Dear Mr. Ach: This letter is from Michael and Jeannie Bodnar who live at 14300 202nd Avenue and whose property directly borders thc Duffy residence (who live on Zebulon Street in Elk River). We are writing in rcgards to the property variance requested by the Duffy's for subdividing their property on Zebulon Street. The variance request is to be discussed at the City Ordinance Meeting at 7:00 P.M. on 06-25-96. We are not able to attend the meeting, so please consider this letter our response to the variance request. Wc wt;IC hl£~OilllUd that the Duffy's arc requesting a variance tt) ~ubdivid~ their p~Ul~ty t~o build another single dwelling home. If this ia the ease, we object to this being done. We built our house in a wooded lot that borders the Duffy residence because the area was fully developed. Therefore, we could place our house in the portion of our property that would give us the most privacy without thc concern of new houses chmlging the present conditions. At the present time, we are separated from the Duffy residence by a large stand of trees. Because our home is close to the Dui-fy property line, if they are allowed [o build another residence, the conditions that led us to build where we did will be negatively impacted. The home will be built extremely clo~e to the t'ront et our house. The result will be that the main benefit of building whm'e we did will be destroyed. We paid extra money in building costs, driveway, utility hook-up, etc. so that we could be back in the woods away from our neighbors. If this variance is granted, our exu'a costs to have privacy will have been completely wa~ted. As everyone else in Meadowvale Woods, we benefitted greatly by being able to buy a relatively large tract of land for a reasonable price. The land price was reasonable because only one home could be built on each parcel of land. We not only accepted these conditions, but that was precisely the main reason why we bought the property. In ~hort, it i, cxtrcrncly important to uo to keep tho area zoned a~ it wac ~,h~n ~t,e bought our property. We hope you will deny the Duffy variance request and enforce the conditions that we adhered to in building our home. Please call me at (612) 425-4077 during the day with any questions. Sincerely,