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CORPORATION 332. WEST SUPERIOR STREET ' DULUTH, MN 55402 ' (2IA' 727_29O1
December 17, 1985
Mayor, City Council and City Staff
City Ha11
l{aplewocd, Minnesota
Re: Tax Exempt FinancingSilver Ridge Apartments
Dear Mayor, City Council Members and City St af f :
the undersigned deve loper ' sI write to give you
participation in this
the history of
proj ect .
On July 22, 1985, when the Cr,ty Councj-1 gave its approval to
the Silver Ridge project, subject only to those conditions set
forth in that approval, the unCers igned ( as owner ) immediately
proceeded to enter j,nto a construction contract and commence
construction. At the time vre, as devefoper, entered into the
construction contract, and at a1.l- times thereafter, we have fol-
lovred and obeyed very closely a1l- conditions of the July 22
approvaf given by the City Council.
As the City did not, in its July 22 approval, make any restricti'ons
on those parties with whom we were allowed to make construction
contracts, we obtained our present contractor. If, at the time
the July 22 resolution was passed, or at any time prior to our
entering into a construction contract as developer, the City
Council hai aclopaei any requiremenLs reEai:ding pariies wi;h ';hcn
we could contract, we would have been very happy to have followed
them.
our problem is simply this: If the City now,
after its approval, changes its pos it ion and
change contractors, it will- most probably be
at a minimum. so economj-calIy disastrous as to
and a def aul-t in the project.
five (5) months
requires us to
impossible, or,
require a hal-t
Our letting of subcontracts has been a completely open opportunity
wherein we have sought to use the best subcontractors with the
Io$rest bid at every juncture. As a matter of fact, we have many
Local subcontractors on the site currently, including Widmer
City Counci}, Mayor and CitY Staff
December 17, 1985
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Bros., Inc.; HBH Construction. Inc-,
Bros. Nursery and Landscapingi Kremer
son Roofing; and R.J.S. Concrete.
Thomp s on
& Davis,
Lumber Co. ;
Inc . , Meyer
sloth
J ack-
We woutd like to take this opportunity to confirm to you that:
1 We have proceeded. in good faith and complied with
each and every provision of city, state and federal
l-ar,.,, as 1\'e11 a-s aach a:1.1 e'ler:), provision of the co-,l-
ditions required in the July 22, 1985, resolutj-on
passed by this Council.
The allegation that we are in violation of some un-
specified labor Law has no foundation in fact, as we
n-ave diligently complied with all city, state and
federal tiUor and employment laws and will continue
at all times to comply with all la\ds. We have absolute-
fy no objection to you or any other body requiring
us to do so.
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3 A11 of the contractors (major and sub) required to
have City of Maplewood Contractors Licenses have obtain-
ed a license and if the city decides to set out some
additional rules and regulations as to which of these
contractors may operate within the City of Maplewood
or other rules regarding how persons doing business
in Maplewood must perform contracts, we would be happy
to foilow them in all future projects, but we ask that
you not place us in a posltion of requi-ring us to breach
our existing contract commitments.
'Jie h,:.ze f cll ]wed e3ch anC e1,'e.r:'* nr:ovis ion of t he
JuIy 22, 1985, City Counci-1 approval, and we wj-Il comply
witir all provisions of the frnal resolution and any
other termi and conditions imposed by this Council-'
We ask that you look very carefully at our performance
to date in constructing ihis project, at the project's
generation of an additional- S180,000 each year in real
;state taxes, and at the provision of housing for low
and moderate-income tenants, and vote affirmatively
on the final resolution. We, in turn, again pledge
and confirm our agreement to comply with all City
requirements.
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If you have any questions whatsoever,
the undersigned Jim Gabler at the
telephone numbers:
please feel free to contact
following office or home
Mayor, City Council and City Staff
December 17, 1985
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Office Phone:
Home Phone:
2L8 / 727 -2994
2L8 / 7 28-5450
Very truly yours,
TRI-STATE MAPI.E RIDGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
James F
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Gab 1erx