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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,May 20,2013 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Kujawa stated they could have as many rental boats as they want. Whereas, a boat club is pulled out from <br /> that code and requires a separate conditional use permit. <br /> Kujawa indicated they have a number of members throughout the metro area and they have access to <br /> boats at eight different locations throughout the state of Minnesota. The members can go online, reserve <br /> a boat, and take the boat whenever they want. <br /> Schoenzeit asked whether the gas that is sold has a road tax on it. <br /> Kujawa indicated it does have a road tax on it. Kujawa stated they do not sell any retail fuel but simply <br /> replenish the boats. <br /> Bennett asked if there is any place for people to come in off of the lake and fill up. <br /> Kujawa indicated there is not. Kujawa indicated they have had conversations with the City and the <br /> DLMC where down the road they may put a more permanent underground tank and a retail gas dock, but <br /> at this time that is not on the table. <br /> Landgraver asked how the change from the marina usage to the boat club usage would impact traffic in <br /> the area. <br /> Kujawa stated there will be some impact but no more than what other uses are permitted in the B-2 <br /> District. If there was a facility that had a rental fleet consisting of 20 boats and those boats were rented <br /> every single day,there would people showing up to use those 20 boats. That is no different than the boat <br /> club. The boats typically go out on a morning session. When they are brought back,they are cleaned up, <br /> filled up with gas, and then in the afternoon they go out again. A boat club will allow more people access <br /> to the water and access to the boats but it is not of a higher use than a boat rental facility would be. <br /> Kujawa stated on a busy weekend, such as a holiday weekend, people are out using their boats anyway. <br /> There will be a slight impact on the traffic but there are also a lot of things that are assisting the parking in <br /> the area. The retail tenant will be taking a lot more slips for display so that will result in fewer people <br /> driving boats. In addition,the boat club will be moving into larger slips that are designed for larger boats <br /> than what the boat club has. The larger boats are being replaced by 23 and 25-foot boats that do not <br /> accommodate as many people, which results in fewer people and fewer cars. <br /> Leskinen asked what is being done to alleviate the fear of pedestrian crossing. <br /> Kujawa stated it is a challenging spot and that the area is busy. One of the main reasons they would like <br /> to move to the side is when they have all of their boats on the Taniger Bay side as well as the retail <br /> business being on that side, parking got congested and the other side was not busy. The relocation of the <br /> boat club will allow the parking to be more balanced. Kujawa indicated there may be busier times when <br /> people have to park across the road but there is a crosswalk. Kujawa stated in his view there will be a <br /> definite net decrease in how often boat tenant users will have to cross the road. <br /> Leskinen asked if all of the boat club boats park on the side where the gazebo is. <br /> Kujawa indicated they are and that last year they were on the other side. <br /> Page 10 of 25 <br />