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! KENKO CONTRACTORS I February 24, 1999 I I Cindy Sherman, Director Community Development City of Ramsey 15153 No~hen Boulevard, N.W. Ramsey, MN 55303 Re: Kenko, Inc. Subject: Reference: Development Agreement with Revised Building Design, Application for an Exception to Ordinance Number 98-13. City of Ramsey Correspondence dated February 19, 1999 City & Kenko unscheduled meeting of February 23, 1999 Dear Ms. Sherman: I write this letter after review of the City's letter regarding the Moratorium Exception and discussion with Mr. Brommer and Mr. Olsen regarding your brief meeting with them yesterday morning. As you may know, I am the owner of Kenko, Inc., we are a construction company that completes some 100 million dollars of construction each year. In 1995 we received approval under a Development Agreement to build on our property located in the city of Ramsey's industrial corridor. This development Agreement expired in 1997 due primarily to our corporate commitments on an existing office lease. This lease commitment extended past the two year period allowed for extensions under the Development Agreement and now that same lease has been terminated effective June 1, 1999, which termination has caused Kenko's urgency in requesting an exception under the building moratorium Ordinance. I have identified the following issues in reading the City's letter and talking with Mr. Brommer and Mr. Olsen: first, that Kenko make this written application addressing the conditions for an exception under Moratorium Ordinance 98-13, second, that informal discussions have revealed a specific City concern that Kenko connect to sewer & water when these utilities are made available in the future. Generally, let me assure you that we will undergo a substantial hardship should we not be able to build our Ramsey office. This hardship is due in part to a lack of commercial office space in the area and also by the fact that any commitment by Kenko on a new lease would again diminish the value of our Ramsey property as a corporate asset. Accordingly, we would work with the City in developing an agreement to connect to sewer & water in the future. In reviewing the conditions for a Moratorium Exception, I believe that our expired Development Agreement generally supports the conditions allowing an exception, namely, that our proposed development is a reasonable use of the land, that our proposed land use has already been acknowledged as a substantial property right, that our development supports public welfare and not injurious to other property situated in the area. CORPORATE OFFICE - 8990 Springbrook Dr., Suite 230, - Mpls., Minnesota 55433 - (612) 786-6510 - Fax (612) 786-6602 SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION- 4901 Keller Springs Road, Suite 112 - Dallas, Texas 75248 - (972) 931-9494 - Fax (972) 931-5474 WESTERN DIVISION - Post Office Box 831 - Calimesa, California 92320 - (909) 795-2568 - Fax (909) 795-1840 Kenko, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer Women and persons of color are encouraged to apply. Iv"l