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7. Appointment - Planning Board271 Rocky Meadows Loop Kalispell, MT 59901 Phone [800.961.1919] Fax [888.863.2361] Cell [406.471.4700] Email [Jason@rockriverbuilders.com] Website [rockriverbuilders.com] February 25, 2010 City of Kalispell Planning & Building Dept. 201 — 1; Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901 LETTER OF INTENT FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING BOARD To whom it may concern, Hello, my name is Jason Mueller and I am very interested in the opportunity to be a part of the Kalispell Planning Board. I will make my remarks brief. I have spent my entire life in the construction industry. With a father in the commercial and industrial roofing fields and other family members in the building trades, I have heard and seen a great deal. As you will see in my resume, I have extensive firsthand experience in commercial and residential construction. Over the course of my life I have had the privilege to travel around the country for work and non -work related purposes. During this time I have talked to a great deal of people and visited many places. I could not help notice how some locations were laid out different than others. Some of these places were efficient designs so that growth would expand steadily and evenly without destroying the area with massive eye sores. For example, the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania use to be a beautiful resort for people that wanted to get out into the country to relax from places like New York and Philadelphia. If you visit there now it looks like a rundown casino looking town that got hit by a hurricane. It has billboards all over the place that are falling apart, rundown old buildings with newer vastly cheaper looking structures spotted all over the town. The bottom line is that the Poconos exploded with growth and interest,, but it was not managed reasonably so that anything was allowed and it finally reached a point where it wasn't attractive anymore. I feel that decisions concerning our community should be made in the best interest of our entire community, and not just one faction or aspect of it. I'm a builder, but I'm not here to slant all my opinions and recommendations to favor just the building industry. I'm here to keep it reasonable and fair concerning what is in the best interest of Kalispell and its future so that it doesn't turn into another Poconos Resort debacle. The Flathead Valley is a beautiful area and my home and I would like to offer my experience and knowledge to the Planning Board in order to keep it that way for generations to come. Thank you for your time, Jason Mueller ROCK RIVER BUILDERS, LLC OBJECTIVE: The building of fine custom residential homes and commercial buildings. • Problem solving mentality. • Honest, punctual, hard working individual taking pride in nay work. • Grew up around the construction industry. ® College courses in drainage, surveying, construction management, building methods (i.e. statics, electrical, plumbing, HVAC...) as well as other construction related courses. • Commercial field engineer • Assistant commercial superintendent • General contracting business, commercial/residential • Member of the National Association of Home Builders • [ember of the Montana Building Industry Association 00 - Q1 D Rock River Builders, LLC (Kalispell, T) After building custom log homes in Wyoming for a year I decided to start my oven business (Dock liver Builders, LLC). I searched the northwest for an area that I wanted to start a family and support try business; Kalispell, MT. In my first year I built 4 homes; 1 spec and 3 dry --Ins. The last project that we finished working on was a 56,000 square foot condominium complex on Big Mountain (The Pines). Going into year 57 I have been invited to join the Better Business Bureau, the AGC, and the ABCA. 2004-2005 Timber Ridge Custom Log Homes (Glendo, WY) Was brought in to become a partner in this company building custom log homes in Wyoming. 6 months into it the owner offered to sell nee his company, unfortunately after working through the numbers we could not come up with a mutual agreement that equally benefited both parties. After a year I realized that Glendo was not the place for me. I had worked on putting together three houses while I lived there. 2002 -2004 Harvey Construction Corporation (Bedford, NH) After college I worked for this company as a field engineerfassistant supervisor on million dollar commercial projects. I was in charge of laying out the building while correcting the blueprints. I was in contact with the architect, engineer and subcontractors for correction and coordination. Basically I was the go to men for questions, answers and direction if needed on the project for all the subs. I worked on such projects as the NH State Laboratories (25 million), Tilton Veterans Home (20 million), Military Black Hawk Hangar and Installation (30 million), Alton High School (35 pillion), Exeter Nigh School (now the biggest school in NH, 50 million), Rochester Armory (35 million), ), Manchester Airport Expansion Project (40 million)... 1999--2002 Wittman Roofing Co. (Stroudsburg, PA) Summer employment while a student at UNH. Witrnan Roofing Co. was a contractor hired to rernediate Various roofing installations, throughout the U.S., that were part of a DuPont subsidiary, DCV, Inc. Started as a roofer on projects, including; Pierce -Leahy, Freehold, NJ, CTW Inc., Kansas city, MO., Factory Stores of America, Boaz, AL, Nordstrum, San Francisco, CA, ITT, Van Nuys, CA, Tropicana Industries, City of Industry, CA, and Warner Brothers, Burbank CA. In 2001, 1 was project foreman for a 30 unit, 300,000.00, roof remediation project, Buenaventura Gardens, Ventura, CA, with complete responsibility for total operations, costs and bringing the project in, on budget and on time. In 2002, project foreman for Phase 11, of the Buenaventura Gardens Project, Ventura, CA., completed August 26, 2002 on time. Complete responsibility of work. Value of 2002 Project, approximately $2007000.00 • 1997-1998 American Construction Co. (Marlborough, NH) Laborer (summer &other vacation employment) • 1995-1996 West Rindge Builders (Rindge, NH) Laborer (summer & other vacation employment) Colle e: University of New Hampshire, (Durham, NH) Graduated in May 2002 Degree: Associate in construction Management, Civil "Technology, Thompson School Will be completing nay minor in Business Administration soon. ec - Brother of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity High School: Avon Old Farms, (Avon, CT) Graduated in May 1996 1994-1990 ec - MVP wrestling, senior year 1996 Kent School, (Kent, CT) 1993-1994 0 Riflery ® Weightlifting 0 Skiing 0 Four Wheeling (Rocky Mountain Off road Vehicles Club, Kalispell, MT) 0 Skydiving 0 Outdoor sports 0 Fishing ® Fire Departments - Richmond Fire Dept (Richmond, NH) 1998-2004 - Glendo Fire Dept (Glendo, WY) 2005 - Creston Fire Dept (Creston, MT) 2006-2007 0 AutoCAD 2002 0 General computer knowledge, (Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. 0 Website maintenance REFERENCES: Rob Stevens, Century 21 Realty, (Kalispell, MT) Phone: 406-755-2100 Nick Misecko, Client, (Kalispell, MT) Phone: 406-250-5649 Leah Lindsay, Montana Rockworks, (Kalispell, NIT) Phone: 406-261-1859 Robin Kusiak, Client, (Kalispell, MT) Phone: 406-370-8826 Kathy Hagen, JCCS, (Whitefish, MT) Phone: 406-862-2597 Jimmy KlemarGzyk, Harvey Construction, (Bedford, NH) Phone: 603-234-5138 Ron Tennison, Client, (Martin City, MT) Phone: 406-270-8587 Gary Zorawowicz, Harvey Construction, (Bedford, NH) Phone: 603-234-1523 Chuck & Dana Ducote, Client & Employee, (Whitefish, MT) Phone: 406-471-0202 Linda Thomas, Client, (Kalispell, MT) Phone: (406) 756-9535 Sherry Ross & Steve Camp, Clients, (Whitefish, MT) Phone: (763) 545-7347 John Yatchak, Client, (Kalispell, MT) Phone: (406) 752-5579