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<br />From: Nate Olson [mailto:kleb11@hotmail.com] <br />Sent: Monday, March 2, 2020 1:57 AM <br />To: Adam Edwards <aedwards@ci.orono.mn.us>; b_roath@yahool.com; Janice Berg <br />(jcbjvbsmb@msn.com) <jcbjvbsmb@msn.com>; caseyconradhudson@gmail.com; <br />taylorjstephens@gmail.com; julieruegemer@hotmail.com; rick.carter@lhbcorp.com; <br />jendenzel@gmail.com; Dustin Rief <drief@ci.orono.mn.us>; Anna Carlson <acarlson@ci.orono.mn.us> <br />Subject: Dear Orono Park Commision Members, Orono City Administrator, & Orono City Clerk <br /> <br />Summit Park, as it is right now, is one of the most beautiful, peaceful parks/beaches that I have ever <br />been to. I have lived in numerous States across the country and I love the outdoors. Our family moved <br />here to MN almost five years ago and a friend brought us to this beach when we first moved here. My <br />family of six has been coming to this beach numerous times a year to enjoy the beauty and peacefulness <br />it provides. We have also shared this treasure with friends so they can also enjoy and be at the <br />park/beach when they have their own free time. <br /> <br />What you are proposing would take away a public "park." More importantly, it would take away a very <br />popular park that is used by many, every single day throughout the summer, all day long. What benefit <br />does the row club proposal provide to the community who currently enjoy the park/beach as it is? Is <br />the row club going to create a new park/beach for all of us who currently enjoy the park/beach as it <br />is? Will the row club reimburse the local businesses for the amount of money they lose from consumers <br />who currently come to the City and purchase goods and enjoy Summit Park and will no longer come to <br />the City of Orono when you decide to put a row club in place of a beautiful park/beach? If not, will the <br />City reimburse those local businesses for that lost business income without increasing the taxes of the <br />people who live within the City of Orono? No need to answer, because we know the answer to those <br />last two questions. <br /> <br />In the five years that I have lived in MN (two years in Wayzata and three years in Medina) and traveled <br />to what our family calls "the secret beach," I have spent a lot of money on local businesses in the City of <br />Orono. Whether it be gas for my vehicles, groceries, laundry at the laundromat when our washing <br />machine broke down, maintenance on a lawnmower/snowblower, going out to dinner, storage unit for <br />my boat, soccer lessons at Donny Mark's dome, buying paint at Sherwin William's, etc... Every time I <br />now travel to my boat slip on Lake Minnetonka I stop in the City of Orono and spend money. If the City <br />of Orono decides that a row club is more important for a select few than it is for a large group, I will also <br />decide if it is worth it for me to spend my money on the local businesses within the City of Orono. So I <br />would like you to ask yourselves, and challenge you, to really think about this. I know for a fact that not <br />every person that comes to that park/beach lives in Orono, so my notes regarding just me and my family <br />spending our money in Orono is also the true facts of many families that travel to Orono to enjoy the <br />park/beach and the local businesses within the City. My point is, this is not just a simple decision, row <br />club or park. Your decision will have a big economic impact on the community and it is very important