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Exhibit A to Application to Repurchase after Forfeiture (PIN 18-30-23-11-0001) The property described in this application has been in the Haack family for forty (40) years. The current owner is Robert Haack who inherited the property after the death of his mother in 1994. Robert Haack lives in the Los Angeles area. The Haack family has paid the property tax due on this property for all of the years they have owned it until 2008. Robert Haack was a part owner of a metal recycling business located in Oxnard, California. The property tax statements for the property involved in this application had been sent to the company's address at 6200 Perkins Road in Oxnard. In 2008, 6200 Perkins Road was demolished by order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The property was demolished due primarily to the existence of dangerous levels of radioactive thorium 226, produced as a result of a United States Department of Defense contract with the Haack family after World War 2. The contaminated nature of the property resulted in complete EPA control that left the site without either a property address or mail service. As the property had no pedestrian access or way to receive mail, the tax statements for the property were not received and inadvertently went unpaid. Mr. Haack's family has been a member of the Minneapolis community since 1920. His grandfather, John Babanski, was instrumental in developing the city in the 1930s and 1940s and constructed over 4000 structures during the first half of the century. Mr. Haack's uncles. Donald Babanski and Leonard Babanski, continued the development in the city and surrounding states. The property in question has been held back by the family for over 40 years and is adjacent to the Leonard Babanski family residence. It has been designated as a.retirement site for Mr. Haack. his nephews, nieces, and remaining aunts. In April 2013, Mr. Haack contacted a developer to create a family compound on the site and it was the developer that brought the current defaulted state of the property to his attention. While the un-received mail at 6200 Perkins road is the primary cause of the tax default,the death of Mr. Haack' father, Clarence Haack (the lifelong friend of Leonard Babanski) in 2009 and Mr. Haacks own endocratic health problems in 2011 and 2012 were contributing factors. The Haack family has obviously paid a very significant amount of taxes on this property over the past 40 years. In all likelihood the taxes they have paid far exceed the current market value of the property_ The reason for the nonpayment since 2008 is understandable given the above circumstances. It would be a significant hardship for Robert Haack to lose his property and retirement location given these circumstances and the length of time the property has been owned and retained for retirement purposes by the Haack family. Upon the approval of the repurchase by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners, the entire amount of the cancelled and delinquent taxes, penalties, accrued interest, and other costs due will be available to be paid upon request.