Laurelhurst Community Club                                                     

Serving 2800 Households in Seattle’s Laurelhurst Neighborhood

March 2, 2005

Office of the Hearing Examiner

Alaska Building, 13^th Floor

618 Second Avenue, Room 1320

Seattle, WA 98104                                                      Fax 684-0536

Re:  Appeal of MUP No. 2104047; 4000 NE 41^st Street

Dear Hearing Examiner:

            The Laurelhurst Community Club has met with representatives from the project applicant to resolve issues relating to our appeal of the MUP referenced above.  We have made good progress in this regard.  It is our sincere desire to continue our negotiations with The Seneca Group, acting on behalf of the applicant, and to avoid the need to pursue our appeal.  We request that the March 7^th pre-hearing conference date be continued until April 4^th, the date scheduled for the hearing to allow us to continue our negotiations.  It is our understanding that the applicant and the other petitioner in this matter, Jean Gompf, have agreed to this request for a continuance.

            Thank you for considering our request.

Sincerely,

Jeannie Hale, President                                     Stan Sorscher, LCC Trustee

3425 West Laurelhurst Drive NE                                  3716 NE 43^rd Street

Seattle, Washington  98105                                          Seattle, Washington  98105

206-525-5135 / fax 206-525-9631                              206-255-4393 / 425-355-2883

jeannieh@serv.net                                                        sorscher@comcast.net

cc:  Bob Wicklein, The Seneca Group; Jean Gompf