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Dorsett Variance Request 0 14 <br />On 10/2/13 1 submitted the paperwork to have a fence permit approved. <br />We spent $8000.00 on the cedar fence we are asking that you approve the variance that we are <br />requesting as we do not have an additional $2000.00 to have it moved. Below are the reasons that we <br />wish to have you approve the variance that we are filing: <br />The money that we do have saved, which isn't enough to have the fence moved, is to be used <br />to purchase more physical therapy items for our son Jacob who is a special needs child. He was <br />born with partial agenesis of the corpus collosem. The short definition of this disability is that <br />the grey matter between the right and left side of the brain was not fully formed when in the <br />womb and he has issues with the brain firing completely and sending the signals that normal <br />children get. Jacob is a very trusting child due to this disability, Fie also needs lots of work with <br />physical therapy as well as occupational therapy to get his muscles up to the age of 9 -- at this <br />time he has a hard time lifting a gallon of milk and carrying it from the car, much less picking kit) a <br />10 1b, weight. We currently have items in; the back yard that he works with to help better his <br />agility, muscles and coordination. We have also acquired a puppy that is being trained as a type <br />of service dog for Jacob. The two are inseparable and fie is teaching Jacob responsibility and <br />how to care for another besides himself. <br />There is a young man, probably in his late 20s, who frequently walks up and down tile streets of <br />our neighborhood talking to himself and he tends to loiter in front of our house as well as the <br />daycare across the street. This young man has been arrested a couple times in front of our <br />house and removed' a couple of times by the police without being arrested. We as parents <br />worry about the welfare of our child as well as the children at the daycare. Before the fence <br />was placed he would walk through our yard to get to the daycare area quicker. The fence acts <br />as a safety to these children as well as my own. It seams that if he doosn't see the kids / daycare <br />he doesn't make it over to Dwire quite as often as he used to. <br />I believe that with all the other fences in the area (pictures have been attached) we are actually <br />set back further than most that are sitting on the property line, some even have fences in front <br />of the house where ours is not in front of the house at all it is to the side. <br />I thank YOU for your time and consideration Of our request. <br />Sincerely, <br />Rebecca Dorsett <br />327 Dwire Dr. <br />La Porte, TX 77571 <br />