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22. Too many children for the Orono schools to absorb. There is not enough physical room for that many <br />children. Class sizes would have to increase, thus causing reduction in the quality of the education the <br />children now receive. Dumping that many new students will destroy the excellence of the school. <br />23. These developments will stretch the Orono police force, or require that it be enlarged. <br />24. This significantly changes the character of the neighborhood and surrounding area. This takes away <br />from our neighborhood. <br />25. Property value --high density housing across the lake will significantly diminish the value of our <br />property. This includes not only financial value but also loss of quiet enjoyment of our property. It takes <br />away the privacy of our back yard. It takes away peace and quiet. Will Orono compensate us for the <br />loss? <br />26. Decreased security, caused by increased exposure of our property <br />27. Zoning for higher density housing in Orono/Long Lake is present for the open parcels along Kelley <br />parkway, where there is already sewer and water access, cable internet. There are no wetlands to <br />destroy. These areas should provide enough opportunity for growth to satisfy the Met Council. From the <br />data presented at the planning commission meeting, neither the Eisinger Flats nor the Orono apartments <br />development is necessary. <br />28. The land on the south edge of Lake Classen is already zoned for 2 acre lot minimum. Why not keep <br />it that way? <br />Why not let Orono/Long Lake develop naturally instead of forcing artificial growth that cannot be handled <br />by the existing infrastructure, the natural environment, the schools and local employment? <br />We really just want the existing zoning to remain the same for the land around and on Lake Classen and <br />the surrounding wetlands, and to prevent high density housing from coming into an area that cannot <br />sustain it and that will be irreparably harmed by it. <br />We feel that the proposed Eisinger Flats development is the wrong type of development for Orono/Long <br />Lake. A high density project such as Eisinger Flats is too large for the area for which it is proposed—too <br />much hardcover, too many people, too much traffic, too much pollution. It will not enhance the Orono <br />community. It will detract from it. <br />Another zoning question—the new zoning map shows that the area around Lake Classen is zoned as <br />urban residential. Why not rural residential (1 unit per 2 acres)? The area around Lake Classen is not <br />urban and is certainly of a rural character. According to the 2030 EPP, "Lake Classen, in Orono's rural <br />area, is surrounded by orchards, woods and open fields with a handful of homes overlooking its waters. <br />The Orono School District maintains a nature study area and waterfowl ponds on Classen's east <br />shore."(emphasis added, p. 3A-4, EPP). The phrase "rural area" has been deleted from the 2040 plan. <br />Merrill and Heidi Cole <br />