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Monday March 8,2004 <br />received <br />V i!tlO< <br />CITY OFCR0.\o <br />To: City of Orono Planning Commission Members <br />2750 Kelley Parkway, P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN. 55323 <br />From: Robert Floyd <br />960 West Femdalc Road <br />Wayzata, MN. 55391 <br />Dear Planning Commission Members, <br />1 am writing as an Orono resident and lakeshore owner to ask that some <br />very specific questions please be answered and addressed on the officiat record <br />of your Planning Conunission meeting for variance request and conditional use <br />pennit # 04-2997 being requested by the City of Orono for property located on <br />Big Island. <br />I am sure that all lakeshore owners will want to know many of the <br />following questions in order to evaluate what is and is not reasonable and <br />allowable in fill situations near the lake and wetlands. This is an ideal <br />oppoitunity to provide many answers since all of these are issues that must be <br />considered for this application. <br />Exactly what, in deuil, is the hardship or hardships being claimed by the <br />City of Orono for these requests and work? Also, exactly what criteria and <br />reasoning is being used by the Planning Commission and City Council to decide <br />if the hardship is valid and sufficient for such a request, whether this work is <br />necessary, is the optimal solution and preferable to all other alternate solutions, <br />and whether these requests will be granted? <br />I visited the City offices and discussed #04-2997 with Mr. Gaffiron in <br />detail. He was very helpful, but caimot answer all of these questions as these <br />decisions are yours and not his. <br />I have l^n told that there are alternate existing public access sites in a <br />number of other locations on Big Island and that many properties also have <br />direct access &om Lake Minnetonka itself. A number of properties have steep <br />M