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$'tR <br />ESTI2 <br />2013 <br />PREMIUM NICOTINE SOLUTIONS , <br />To: The City of Ramsey Minnesota <br />Mr. Tim Gladhill <br />Mr. Chris Anderson <br />From: Baker White Inc. <br />Dan Baker <br />RE: Zoning on 6111 Highway 10 NW Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />Gentlemen, <br />Thank you for taking the time to meet with me about the zoning issues my company faces in our current <br />leased space. I'd like to explain in writing what we are proposing to manufacture in the space and the <br />challenges my company will face if we are not permitted to use our existing space to manufacture our <br />Sample Sticks. <br />We have filled a patent on a new product that is intended to allow consumers to taste test a tobacco <br />product without consuming any tobacco. We have received an enormous amount of interest for our <br />product from big tobacco companies, the vapor industry, scientific researchers, and the FDA. The main <br />substance that we use is an edible product that we flavor to match the flavor of the tobacco product <br />being sold. Because you dissolve this solution in your mouth it is regulated by the state and the FDA as a <br />food product which requires us to build a food manufacturing space in our suite in order for us to get <br />the state food manufacturer license. <br />Until our plumbing permit was rejected by your office we had no idea that the building was not zoned <br />for light manufacturing. We have been manufacturing our eliquid products in this building for 4 years <br />and have had many interactions with the state, county and city without the issue ever coming up. At the <br />time of the rejection we had already invested a considerable amount of money into the building to <br />prepare for the state's food manufacturing inspections. <br />I started this business with next to nothing and have built a brand that is known globally. Every dollar we <br />earned has been invested right back into our business in the form of marketing, employees, equipment <br />upgrades, and regulatory compliance and we try to keep as much of that money here in Ramsey and <br />Minnesota as we can. <br />6111 Highway 10 NW Ste 300 Ramsey, MN 55303 P- 612276-6610 <br />