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r <br />• - <br />ThoinuLowe <br />3295 Carmin Rotd <br />ExcdsiorMN 55331-9501 <br />952-471-0499 / fic 952-471-0322 <br />tonyglowcprofi lc.com <br />l‘\ <br />June 16.2005 <br />Ai t icskSeiil living on Ciinnin Rood olTof Kelly Avenue, I hove ferious concerns <br />•born the outdoor expMsion pTOfMoed by the Narrows Sek)Oft At U Mndt now there <br />alteedy are noise issues sflbcting th^ residenU on the northwest end of Kelly Avenue. We <br />have also witnessed drunk St disorderly conduct on Kelly Avenue late in the evening or <br />early morning hours. <br />If the Nanowi were to diaconiinue offering live musk late into the night or ending live <br />music by 9000 m 10:00. this would go a long ways towards alleviating some of my <br />concerns. But offering liquor for aale at an outdoor bar, bordering a parking lot also <br />aeems to be ill advised, leading to a nighUy block party in the munkipal parking lot This <br />expansion of die Narrows can only lead to increased noise levels, and other undesarabte <br />behmrior which most likely will spill over into ftmtiy neighborhoods dhectly to the south <br />and north of the Narrows Saloon. Is this plannsd expatekm creating the right diiectioo fo <br />tone for future devefopment in Navarre? Other commer cial arsm around the lake seem to <br />be up sealing A IcavingNavana in the dust Navarre in its current state U easily the most <br />btighled commercial district in the Lake Minnetonka area. By expmiding a biker bar to <br />nearly double its ctrrem siae will Navarre attract foturc commcictal establishments that <br />are conducive to a I .ily oriented commercial area similar to Wayaaui or Excelsioi, ^ <br />will Navarre be tokiug a path in a decidedly different direction? Is this what the Orono <br />Planning Commission (Mies? Does the Orono Plaoaiag Commission have a vision for <br />the foture of Navarra? <br />Lift of <br />a How will Afder be meintatned with an outdoor bar dtiectly a^acem to a mur.lciptl <br />parking lot? Will acetirity be provided? Will the Narrows Insure foit drinkmg does not <br />spill over into the parking lot? <br />• How does the Orono police department plan on dealing with another popular drinking <br />cstdblishmem expanding in close proximity to Lord Fletchers? Have th^ been <br />Gonsullcd? Wilt theta be a cron flow of intoxicated drivers? Will they need extra man­ <br />power on iummer weekend nights? Can the city of Orono affbrd extra man-power? <br />• How will the increased noist level be mooitoitd? Will the Nivrows have any noise or <br />time of day Umilalions placed on its outdoor activity? <br />• Privaie parties have to ahut down outdoor Uve mirtic 10:00 PM. should the Kanows <br />be subjected to iha same restrictions? <br />• Who owns the pro perty on which the ouldoor dining will be sitting on? Ifthis Is public <br />property should the pybik not have a direct say u to its ungc? <br />m <br />• Is thm enough room for seated dining, om/pedestrians on the sidewalk facing <br />Shoreline Drive? The ■pplicam*s plans show only 7 feet from the end of the new dining <br />area ar»d the curb. Taking into account that parallel parking abuts that c^irb and an open <br />car door takes 3 feel, that leaves a sidewalk of only 4 feet, and only 2.5 feet where the <br />propoaed vestihulc doors encroach into the 7 feet! <br />• From my understanding, the increased site of the facility will require 72 parking spots <br />in the municipal parking lot, of whkh 90 are available. During lunch hours will other <br />coiiunmial businesses have parking available for their customers? How will the <br />municipal parking lot usage be increased by the new coffee shop with its attached deck <br />currently under construction? <br />Neighbors for a Better Navarre first requested in April. 2004 that a moratorium on <br />development be put in place to allow the City of Orono time to create a plan for down <br />town Navarre Um makes sertsc for the city, the current and future businesses and the <br />residents, when the ill fated Restaurant/bor proposal by Mike Keaveny and Paul Ode was <br />being considered. Now, Neighbors for a Better Navarre, renews that request. These <br />growing number of residenu feel that the city has been derelict in developing a <br />comprehensive plan for this port of Orono. While physically for from Orono City Offices, <br />we are still a part of the city. |»y tax dollan to the city, and deserve the attemion of the <br />Planning Commission. Council and stalT in developing a plan that we all can live with <br />and be proud of. <br />Myself and other concerned neighbors will be attending tlie planning commission <br />meeting on June 20^ and we are sincerely hoping that our concerns will be addressed. If <br />no extremely compelling reasons are offered as to why the proposed expansion of the <br />Narrows Saloon will he good for the future of Navanc I am suggesting that no exterior <br />seating be peimitted if the Narrows Saloon continues to offer live music past 10:00 PM, <br />and at the very least a moratorium on issuing any further permits, umil a critical <br />examination as to the short and long term ramificatiorts of the proposa l as it relates to the <br />commercial area and its netghbon can be completed. <br />Sincerely, <br />/ <br />L' <br />Thomas Unve