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' ■•r '■ fc*' Honorable Mayor and City Council May 5, 2000 City of Orono P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323-0066 Dear Mayor Jabbour & Council: I am writing you regarding the Narrows Dock Lot parking and access issues that you will be discussing on May 22. We have owned one of the dock lots (Lot E) for twenty years, having purchased it from Dennis Anderson in 1980. As you know from Mr. Gappa's backgrounding, our lot has a cross easement and a conditional use permit granted by the City of Orono. The extent of our use has been to keep a boat in the slip for the summer months. Electrical service to this particular dock v.'as installed by Mr. Anderson in the mid- 1970's primarily for the purpose of pumping water for boat cleaning. Other dock owners in the area have used our electricity at various times, but in the last few years have hooked up their own. We have been informed that there are residents in the area who would like to restrict the use of the dock lots by disallowing electricity and/or limiting boat size. If their ultimate goal is to rid the area of those of us who do not own residences contiguous to the docks, I assume the law is on the side of the dock lot property owners. I would also assume it would be legally very difficult to cut off our electricity or limit the size of our boats given that there are no such regulations on the books in Orono or the LMCD. We are also disappointed that the City (or the County) has revoked the street parking on County Road 19. We understand the basis for this decision was that a few home and/or dock lot owners abused the privilege by using the street to park overnight or for overflow parking. It is unfortunate that the "transgressions" of a few impacted those of us who have been good neighbors and property owners. We request that you consider issuing permits to the dock lot owners for temporary parking on Cty. 19. You could restrict the hours of street parking as well. We urge that you not penalize the non-resident dock lot owners who have the same property rights as do the resident owners on any of these matters. Thank you for your time and attention. Sincerely, Robyn & David Cook 680 West Hillside Drive • Wayzata, MN 55391 cc. Greg Gappa - Public Services Director