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From:Victoria Seals <br />To:Jeremy Barnhart <br />Subject:Fwd: Proposed rezoning of 2060 Wayzata Blvd <br />Date:Monday, June 21, 2021 5:44:00 PM <br />Sent from my iPhone <br />Begin forwarded message: <br />From: Rick Apple <applerc@gmail.com> <br />Date: June 17, 2021 at 9:59:56 PM CDT <br />To: jonressler@outlook.com, eriksonrobert@comcast.net, Christopher Bollis <br /><christopherbollis@gmail.com>, Matt Gettman <br /><MattGOronoMNPlanCommissionMbr@gmail.com>, Scott Kirchner <br /><kirchner.scott@gmail.com>, Dennis Libby <dennislibby@remax.net>, Mark <br />McCutcheon <mccutcheon.r.mark@gmail.com>, Dave Peterson <br /><dpete40131@gmail.com> <br />Cc: Connie Apple <connapple@gmail.com>, Denny Walsh <br /><dwalsh2@ci.orono.mn.us>, "Aaron H. Printup" <aprintup@ci.orono.mn.us>, <br />Victoria Seals <vseals@ci.orono.mn.us>, Richard Crosby <br /><rcrosby@ci.orono.mn.us>, Matt Johnson <mjohnson@ci.orono.mn.us> <br />Subject: Proposed rezoning of 2060 Wayzata Blvd <br />Good evening. <br />My name is Richard Apple and I am a resident of Sugar Woods, the neighborhood <br />adjacent to the lot on which CBS MN Properties has requested a zoning change to <br />accommodate a proposed three-story apartment building. <br />While we are not yet privy to the details of the proposal (my understanding is that <br />the deadline for comments is now, before the details are made available), I can <br />say without hesitation that no three-story apartment building should be considered <br />for that site and the proposal should be rejected without hesitation. <br />As you know, there are communities in the Twin Cities who consider growth to <br />be a defining attribute, an attribute that contributes to their "greatness." <br />Plymouth, Maple Grove, and Woodbury are but three examples of communities <br />that take pride in the amount of new development they have fostered. <br />But other communities, Orono among them, have not and should not become a <br />community of their sort. Since its founding, Orono has been defined by large <br />open spaces, modest development, and a more rural character. Those are, in fact, <br />among the most important qualities that drew my family and so many like-minded <br />friends and neighbors to this area decades ago. <br />I understand that reasonable people can disagree on what sort of community is <br />Council <br />Exhibit F <br />LA21-42