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e. City Council Approval <br /> f. Building Permit Process • <br /> g. Construction <br /> 4. Public Input. There has been quite a bit of public input on this concept,both for and <br /> against, over the past couple years. Record of public comments during the meetings listed <br /> above is available in the respective meeting minutes. The attached contains letters and email <br /> received up until the July 2020 Council meeting. <br /> 5. Staff comment. <br /> a. Public Private Partnership. The proposed project could provide great benefit to <br /> both the club and the public. There is president for public private partnerships for <br /> improvements in parks. In our own system the city has partnered with Orono Youth <br /> baseball for construction and improvements at the Bederwood and Hackberry park <br /> baseball and tee ball fields,the Orono Westonka Soccer club for the Bederwood <br /> sports field and the Orono Youth Hockey Association for the hockey boards at Casco <br /> Ice Rink. The difference with this proposal is that a portion of the improvement <br /> would not be open to the public at large. Therefore I recommend the Planning <br /> commission, Parks commission nad City Council should weigh the value of the <br /> portions of improvement to be made open to the public against the impacts the <br /> project will have on the public land. From the outset staff has advised that the club <br /> create a plan that minimizes the footprint on the park while maximizing the public <br /> benefit. The clubs proposal does include several ideas to do this such as public <br /> restrooms,public indoor space, public boat racks and use of the docks. The city <br /> should consider if this is enough to offset the impact of the building to the property. <br /> Other improvements could be parking lot pavement,gravel pathways and <br /> playground facilities. <br /> b. Size. The original footprint proposed at the outset of discussion was 50ft x 80 ft. <br /> Park Commission consensus and I believe Council guidance was that that might be el <br /> too large. As shown on the plans submitted for the Planning Commission the <br /> building is 66ft x 85ft. Commission may want to consider limiting the footprint <br /> size. Example 45x75 <br /> Adam <br /> From: Melanie Curtis <br /> Sent:Thursday,January 6, 2022 10:10 AM <br /> To:Adam Edwards<aedwards@ci.orono.mn.us> <br /> Cc:Josh Lemons<jlemons@ci.orono.mn.us> <br /> Subject:Comments requested: Long Lake Rowing Center/#LA21-000011/455 East Long Lake Rd <br /> Adam <br /> As you are aware,the Long Lake Rowing Crew has submitted their application to construct their training <br /> and community center at Summit Park which is to be a public/private partnership. This request will go <br /> before the Planning Commission at the January 18th public hearing regarding a city code text amendment <br /> to permit the use as a conditional use, as well as a conditional use permit review. I've attached the plans <br /> submitted and narrative,etc. <br /> Would you please provide any comments(or suggested conditions on the use)that would be relevant to • <br /> the planning commission's discussion from a Park perspective and, as appropriate for the PC's discussion, <br /> th <br />