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n. <br />March 14,2004 <br />0 <br />City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />For thirty-five years I have been a home owner in Orono. Ten years ago I <br />purchased a home on Kelly Avenue. I have sacrificed a lot to live here for the <br />peace and serenity. <br />'•'{■■I, <br />1 know you all have a difficult job to do and it might be hard to put <br />yourself in my shoes. But I wish you would do so at this time. I am sorry, but 1 <br />feel you owe me protection on my investment. What might be a more common sense <br />question; "Do I not have the right to peacefiilly enjoy my property?" That is <br />the question truly in your hands. <br />I have the faith this council will not put a full liquor license bar next to <br />my home or would it YOURS. I bought this home believing that nothing like <br />this would ever happen. If so, it is clear that I would not have ever made that <br />decision to purchase this property. The factors of having to live with closed <br />windows in the summer so that the noise of cars doors slamming, loud good <br />byes, motorcycles starting up is just too much to contemplate. Besides all this, <br />the traffic would then exit onto Kelly and presumably drive through the <br />residential area. I just do not get it!! <br />I have spoken to over ninety people and all but two showed concerns for this <br />project. The following illustrate some of their conunents: <br />1) People walk on Kelly (no sidewalks) with children going to fi'om the parks <br />and beaches. They should not be confronted with additional bar traffic. <br />2) You must give all these people credit. They know how this is going to <br />Cusioiueia paiMUg, tmu u luu, oau Uicii <br />try to drive to the upper level parking making an impossible left hand turn onto <br />County 15. Thereafter, at closing, customers will leave and drive down Kelly <br />to avoid police and other traffic. <br />3) There is absolutely no buffer zone between project and immediate adjoining <br />property. <br />4) What planner would allow this bar project within 300 feet of a 3.5 million <br />dollar residential home.*' <br />5) Some businesses expressed concern that our town (Navarre) could turn into <br />a bar town like St. Boiufacious.