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From:Jim Bigham <br />To:Anna Carlson <br />Subject:RE: city clerk <br />Date:Monday, July 27, 2020 3:41:00 PM <br />I explained earlier today that back in November or December of last year I wrote a letter supporting <br />the Long Lake Rowing Club’s proposed use of Summit Park for keeping the rowing skulls there. Just <br />last evening I learned more about the proposal and now ask that my earlier latter of support be <br />withdrawn. I still believe that the club should be allowed to uses the Park for outside storage of their <br />skulls. I also believe that they should be allowed to have 2 short docks as they have had at their <br />current location. However, these docks must be open for public use. The proposed size of a <br />structure on park land is entirely not in the interest of the public. The club can rent or buy space <br />nearby for classes, training and meetings and they can pay for winter storage away from the lake as I <br />and the other residents do. <br /> <br />I really do like watching the skulls each morning I can and I still wish our children had had a chance to <br />participate in the club but the current proposal, as I understand it, is not in the public interest. <br /> <br />My wife and I have owned our house in Orono, on the north shore of Long Lake since 1979 and we <br />want to keep this lake a great public resource. Thanks for considering my request and suggestions. <br />James E. Bigham <br /> <br />