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tanks from the public right-of-way, and constructing the building with an asphalt shingle roof. Jerry Schmidt, 5831 - 164th lane N.W., Ramsey, stated his home is directly south of the proposed maintenance building. He declared that they do not have an agreement on a site plan nor have they ever been close to an agreement on the site plan and they will never reach an agreement with his blessing. The only reason he has talked to the owners of Rum River Hills was on the matter of damage control. He stated he will not stay in his home if this building comes in. He added he does not want to move but because they bought their home on a golf course for recreational property, they cannot accept the building in that location. He explained that he had done research on maintenance buildings and golf courses and presented pictures of where these courses have located their maintenance buildings. He noted there are no maintenance buildings sitting behind someone's house. He informed Council that he had also contacted the National Golf Foundation which would be a neutral party. The information he received mentioned that one of the most neglected phases of golf course planning is maintenance. He referred to a letter from the Rum River Hills Board of Directors which was in response to a complaint he had registered pertaining to the foul language he was subjected to from golfers on the course. The response stated that this was one of the small inconveniences of living on a golf course which does add aesthetics to one's home. Mr. Schmidt pointed out that this building would not be an additional aesthetic. Getting back to the maintenance planning, the information he received suggested that for an 18-hole golf course, the maintenance facility should be 17,000 feet, Rum River Hills is looking for a 3,500 square foot building which, in his opinion, shows lack of planning. He figured they would have to come back to do a condemnation for expansion and he would end up losing his yard. Mr.'Schmidt suggested this location is not their prime spot, it's the one that's the cheapest and meets with the least resistance. He reported that one of the course owners has some property which would be ideal to put a maintenance building on, plus another good spot is where it currently is. Ms. Frolik indicated she did not know there was such a list of unresolved issues; she understood the only disagreement was about the roof. Mr. Schmidt responded by saying that he did not tell Ms. Frolik that they made a complete agreement with the exception of the roof. He stated he was told by Jeff Toilette that an asphalt roof is $5,000. He reiterated that he did not tell Ms. Frolik that everything had been resolved. He stated "I did not try to give you that feeling at all". Jeff Toilette, Manager of Rum River Hills Golf Course at 166th and Highway #47, reported that they have been through this process with three meetings with the Planning Commission and numerous discussions with Mr. Schmidt. He added that Mr. Schmidt did not even want to talk about it. Mr. Tollette reported that he had received a certified letter from Mr. Schmidt indicating that any more discussion would be considered harassment. He continued that he has made some concessions to the original site plan and it was agreed that they would meet with staff, the builder and the residents. It was the consensus of the five people present at that meeting that the proposed location would be the best. On the original site plan the building was to be 55 feet from Mr. Schmidt's property line and 150 feet from the center line of Highway #47. The proposal now is to have the building 78 feet from Mr. Schmidt's property line plus they have added maple and pine trees for screening. He added that the proposal is also to change the doors to be on the west side. He stated they could not agree to hours of operation and added that they have always had these same hours and there should not be any activity change. Mr. Tollette explained that the proposed maintenance building looks small but because of the mezzanine, they actually have double the space. He commented that the building would have vinyl siding to match the club house and pointed out that due to a gas line, they cannot move the building any further. He felt they had done as much as they possibly could do. City Council/July 25, 1995 Page 7 of 18