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MEGAN DAYTON 1305 COUNTY ROAD SIX; LONG LAKE, MN 55356 <br />MEGANDAYTON@MAC.COM <br />April 6, 2018 <br />Orono City Council <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />Dear Orono City Council, <br />Thank you for your service as our community's representatives. I thank you also for the <br />opportunity to express my opinion through public comment. It is my understanding that <br />you will be discussing an ordinance revising Orono's regulations governing wetland <br />setback requirements. As a homeowner on Long Lake, I am writing to urge you not to <br />amend setback requirements as they pertain to wetlands. The existing regulations as <br />written are the best practice standard for managing wetlands to insure healthy lakes and <br />streams. Furthermore, the regulations as written allow wildlife to use the open space <br />provided by these buffers to move around us. <br />As you are aware, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed ordinance and voted <br />unanimously against making any changes. Needless to say, I agree with the Planning <br />Commission's recommendation. <br />The pressure of development will only increase in the near future. The regulations as <br />written have insured that Orono remains a highly desirable place to live and work. We <br />depend on you all to protect the health and beauty of our natural landscape through <br />regulations such as these, which in turn protect the value of our properties. I include a <br />copy of the Orono logo to remind us all that we advertise ourselves as the Lakeshore <br />City. Please continue to keep that ideal foremost in your minds as you discuss these <br />issues. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />Megan Dayton <br />RoNd <br />fRAfSH 04'�'G/ <br />