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Steiner &KoDDeIman A Tradition of Excellence May 27.2003 City Council City of Orono Dear Council Member I am here tonight understanding that there is a problem with the Special Event Permit issued to Steiner & Koppelman on April 29'*'. 2003. I am also here because I recognize the neighbors concerns and want to work in good faith with the city to meet those concerns. In short I want to be a good neighbor, just as we have been during the construction process. Rightly or wrongly, we relied on the permit in making plans for the event. Therefore all literature promoting the event (which has all been published) does not show or talk about a shuttle to the property. Having said that, we are creating a shuttle sen^ice to take care of each Saturday and Sunday of the event However, we have not found a practical or effective solution for Friday. It is on this last point we ask the city ’s and neighbors indulgence. To be specific, we feel that we can effectively manage Friday parking on Pheasant Road itself. By experience we know that Friday traffic is not nearly as heavy as the weekend. It runs about tO-14 cars per hour. With proper personnel we can manage with no adverse impact on the neighbors. Again, the weekends would be covered by the shuttle service. As we are proud of the projects that we build and proud of the neighborhoods we build them in, we pledge every effort to make this system work. Given this, there are several items to keep in mind: • We will fix any damage to private property that occurs. Regardless of what we do, there will be cars going down Pheaaant Road. • On Friday there would be no cul-de-sac parking and parking on one side of the street only as found in the original permit. There are other projects and other events going on during our event. • We do not wish to inhibit the neighbors from their normal activities.