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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 22,2004 7:00 o’clock p.m. (4. ON SALE LIQUOR LICENSE PUBLIC HEARING - PA UL ODE - NA VARRE LANES continued) because they are located up on the hill, but the exit and entrance onto Kelly Avenue will be used as a shortcut to County Road 15 and that is an added safety concern. Evonne Paige, 3493 Crystal Place, said within a 2-3 mile radius, there are five liquor establishments - two in Navarre and three in Spring Park. Spring Park was all liquor establishments when she was growing up which was good for Spring Park in the summer. Now people use establishments all year round. For policing and for residents of all ages, she does not think wo need another liquor establishment. Chiistin Hardin, 2515 Kelly Avenue, has a safety concern for her two small children and that since the Narrows has opened the traffic situation has gotten to be so bad that she had to call the police department to do a traffic study on Kelly Avenue. In one week there were 4,000 cars and she believes another bar will increase traffic and cause safety concerns. Sherry Volkmar, 2640 Kelly Avenue, resident of 12 years, stated the Narrows bar/restaurant has caused motorcycle noise at 1-2 a.m., trash, and speeding has gotten excessive. Sylvia Bertagnoli, 2449 Kelly Avenue rose to speak. Mayor Peterson stated that her letter of March 14,2004 would become a part of the public record. Mrs. Bertagnoli called over 100 people and can document 98 people she talked to and put the summation in the March 14 letter and all but two people are extremely opposed, three businesses are undecided and three businesses are in favor of the project. She also stated there would be a lot of people at this meeting except for spring break with children and people wintering in warm weather. Mrs. Bertagnoli had a long conversation with Rick Bloomberg, Rick’s Super Value and his question was why do we need to have a bar. She asked the Council to ask Mr. Ode if he has applied for a pizza factory franchise as he said he was going to do and if that was a Minnesota or California franchise. Rick Edwards, 2480 Camicn Street, resident since 1955, and is 400 feet away from the bowling alley. .Mr. Edwards believes one saloon in town is enough. In the winter time residents put up with the snowmobiles and they will find a way to cross your property, music, traffic, drunken driving. He also has counted 30 motorcycles in front of the Narrows at one time and Harley Davidson motorcycles are noisy. Sometimes they have to close their windows at night because of the music from the Narrows - they open their doors when it gets hot inside. He continued saying his neighbor who lives on the comer of County Road 15 and Carmen Street is selling liis house because of the traffic and the safety concerns for family. Ward Edwards, 2474 Carmen Street, stated they built their home in 1990. He agrees with everything many of the people have already said. There is considerable noise from the PAGE 8 of 23