Laurelhurst Community Club                                                     

Serving 2800 Households in Seattle’s Laurelhurst Neighborhood

June 3, 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 joins with The Seneca Real Estate Group on behalf of its client in the above-referenced matter in seeking an additional continuance.  We have all been working very hard in finalizing our settlement agreement.  It has been a long hard process, but our work is almost complete.  We appreciate your willingness to allow our negotiations to continue to move forward.  We agree that a postponement of the June 6, 2005 pre-hearing conference should be moved to sometime in July 2005.  This continuance should allow sufficient time for the parties to finalize a settlement.  It is our understanding that the other party in the matter, Jean Gompf, is agreeable to the continuance.

            Thank you for considering our joint request in continuing this matter.

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