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From:Liz Weir <br />To:Anna Carlson <br />Subject:Summit Park on Long Lake <br />Date:Monday, July 27, 2020 10:44:35 AM <br />I am writing to respectfully request the Mayor and Orono City Council members to protect <br />and preserve our local swimming hole. <br />It's the only one like it in our area; it's intimate, kids love the rope swings, and the shallow <br />beach is safe for all age groups. I see families picnicking in the shade of the mature trees on <br />the hill. It's a charmingly natural park, perfect for young families, and it was generously <br />donated to the community. <br />To build an 800 sq. ft .private building in a public park is a misuse of the donor's gift. <br />This application by the rowing club should be denied by the Council. Such a project will mean <br />cutting down the mature trees, bulldozing and removing the hill and despoiling the natural feel <br />of the park and its surrounds. <br />The added hard cover for such a large structure and the additional traffic would bring more <br />polluted run-off into already--troubled Long Lake, further diminishing water quality. <br />I understand that architect Jim Dayton designed a boat house for the Rowing Club at the Birch <br />site, from which the rowers currently operate. Has this been looked into? <br />Mayor and City Council, please vote to deny this damaging project in Summit Park. <br />My best, Elizabeth Weir