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• Olson <br /> From: Nate Olson [mailto:klebll@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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 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 <br /> S <br />