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June 26, 2002 *^ fI <br />Ron Moorse <br />City Administrator <br />City of Orono <br />2750 Kelly Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />M 0 8 2002 <br />CuYUh OHO/VU <br />Subject: Parking on lake access road between to 1098 Loma Linda Ave and 1100 Loma <br />Linda Ave. This access road Is approximately 100 feet In length and 40 feet wide. <br />Dear Ron, <br />I wish to summarize our m-'^ting of June 26, 2002 for those who were not able to <br />attend. In attendance were Bill and Nancy Bockman 1100 Loma Linda, Anne Stevens <br />and Robert Gountanis from 1098 Loma Linda, with Barbara Peterson, Mayor (on a <br />conference call) and Ron Moorse representing the City of Orono. <br />This meeting was precipitated by an Incident during the last week in May. Two pickups <br />were parked on the access road In such a manner as to prohibit any one else from <br />using the launch area to put a boat in or take a boat out of the water. I asked Anne to <br />call the Police to have the vehicle owners informed not to park on the access road. <br />After much discussion, the result was that the Police could not do anything about the <br />situation because there was no sign posted to the effect that it was illegal to park there. <br />Next came the letter from Gregory Gappa. The essence of which Is that it is OK to park <br />in the access area (closing sentence in second paragraph of Mr. Gappa's letter to Ms. <br />Stevens, dated May 30,2002). <br />History <br />When we first purchased the property at 1098 Loma Linda in 1995 there was a No <br />Parking sign near the telephone pole at the southwest corner of the property. This was <br />validated by Bill Bockman who has lived in the neighborhood for the last 50 years. The <br />No Parking sign disappeared in late 1997 or early 1998. <br />Approximately two to three years ago there were a series of incidents involving <br />teenagers or young adults congregating at the public dock until 2 or 3 A.M. doing drugs <br />and being generally unruly. The Police were called several times and upon the arrival <br />of the Police the group would scatter. These series of incidents were brought to the <br />attention of the City Administrator and the Police. The result according to Officer Dave <br />McNIchols, who acted as liaison between ourselves and the City, was to make the <br />access road a City Park. Shortly afterward the City posted a sign which reads "Park <br />closes at 10 P.M.". In addition, three more signs were posted all of which read Parle or <br />City Park. These latter three signs did not last very long, a month or two at the most. <br />M