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ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD MARCH 11, 1991 <br />($4)ZONING FILE #1497- TOBERMAN CONTINUED <br />Bernhardson noted that the aspect of servicing beats was <br />introduced with the application submitted last March. He stated <br />that the applicant is now requesting only the beat and nautical <br />sales business, as requested in the 1987 Conditional Use Permit. <br />Jabbour recollected that there had been a previous request <br />to sell fishing boats from this property and that it had been <br />denied on the Plannina Commission level. <br />Mabusth explained, "Tine request involved an intense, <br />multiple use of the property, including not only fishing boat <br />sales, but also fishing paraphanalia and bait, as well as food. <br />It was the intensification of the use to which the Planning <br />Commission objected. I believe the application was withdrawn <br />before Council had an opportunity to review it." <br />Mayor Peterson asked Gilbert if he wished to say anything <br />regarding this issue. <br />Gilbert sated that Mr. Toberman did have this property <br />potentially sold to Morrie Wagner and had applied for an expanded <br />use of the property in January, 1990. He said, "The expanded use <br />included boat servicing. We are willing to withdraw that request <br />tonight. We received a double negative on this property in that <br />we were first denied the expanded use, and, while in the process <br />of reviewing the application for expanded use, the City <br />determined that there may have been a lapse of use. The City was <br />initially trying to deny any commercial use of this property. <br />Councilmember Callahan's statements regarding the history of this <br />property were, for the most part, correct. In 1987, my client <br />was granted a Conditional Use Permit from the City, which <br />included a condition to make a number of improvements. Mr. <br />Toberman completed all of the improvements set forth in the <br />Resolution granting the Conditional Use Permit, and paid <br />approximately $70,000 to do so. Mr. Toberman was hopeful that <br />the former owners of Sailors World were going to operate the <br />place. As you recall, 1987 was the first year of the drought 'for <br />Lake Minnetonka. The beat industry was devastated, and the <br />people from Sailors World decided not to go ahead with their <br />plans for the property. In 1988 and 1989, the economic <br />conditions surrounding Lake Minnetonka did not improve, but in <br />fact worsened. My client owned five other marinas, on Lake <br />Minnetonka, three of which have gone back to foreclosure. This <br />marina is in bankruptcy, and the other is barely holding its own. <br />There were other boat sales and nautical shops within the City of <br />Orono that also failed during the same period of time. Tne boat <br />sales and nautical shop associated with the Maxwell Bay Marina <br />had no sales during 1988 or 1989, and went through bankruptcy <br />last year. My client owned the Tonka Bay Marina, but had another <br />tenant, Erickson Marine, running the business. Erickson Marine <br />- 5 - <br />
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