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I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />/'yj'. !/- R <br />WOOD. FRANCHOE,L\C <br />Michael D. Wood <br />May 3,1999 <br />Mayor Gabriel Jabbour and City Council <br />City of Orono <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />OronO/ Minnesota 55323 <br />Dear Mayor Jabbour and City Council: <br />We are writing to you in regard to the request from Woodhill <br />Country Club to open a back entrance to the club from Woodhill <br />Avenue in Orono. We reside at 1230 Woodhill Avenue in the <br />home that would be most directly impacted since the proposed <br />new access would connect to Woodhill Avenue at the east end <br />of our property. We remain strongly opposed to opening this <br />road for the following reasons: <br />1. Opening this road would have a severe negative impact <br />on the lovely, quiet residential nature of our <br />neighborhood. Orono has acted in the past to preserve the <br />unique nature of its residential areas, and it is our hope <br />that you would continue this policy in this case. <br />2. It is our understanding that opening this road would be <br />contrary to Orono ’s Comprehensive Municipal Plan of <br />protecting quiet neighborhoods from increased <br />commercial traffic. We are aware of a recent decision <br />consistent with this precedent in which the Council <br />denied a new golf club's request to utilize an Orono <br />residential road to access their property. This was a much <br />smaller club than Woodhill and the resulting increase in <br />traffic would have been also much smaller than in this <br />case. <br />EXECUTIVE SEARCH . MANAGEMENT COUNSEL <br />1550 Utica Avenue South • Suite 425 • MiimeapoUi, MN SS416 • (612) 516.6997 • Fax (61^ 516.6743 <br />j1 <br />\ <br />•r <br />■\