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Malkerson G illiland Martin up <br />HiY 0 5 1599 <br />QV7Y Cr Qn0i\0 <br />Suite 1500 ATaT Tower <br />901 Marquette A venue <br />M I N N E A PO LI 8, M I N N E S O T A 55402-3<J05 <br />Telephone 6I2-344-iiii <br />Facsimile 612-344-1414 <br />Bruce D. Malkerson, Esq. <br />Direct Dial (612) 344-1699 <br />May 4,1999 <br />Mayor and City Council <br />City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323-0066 <br />Re: Woodhill Country Club -- Residents on Woodhill Avenue <br />To be Heard on May 11,1999 <br />Dear Mayor Jabbour and City Council: <br />A. Introduction. <br />I represent Shelly and Jerry Storch, Jane Delaney, Reed Larson, and Charles and Marla <br />Maile. They are Orono residents who live on Woodhill Avenue who would be directly and <br />adversely impacted by any temporary or permanent use of a proposed newly constructed access <br />road by Woodhill Country Club (the “Club”) which exits upon the quiet, dead-end residential <br />street that provides the only access to their homes. <br />The purpose of this letter is to provide an overview of the relevant facts and applicable <br />law related to the issues presented by the Club’s application for a conditional use permit for the <br />proposed use of this proposed access road. <br />Before proceeding, my clients asked that I thank you for having required last year that any <br />proposal for access by the Club should be addressed in the context of an application by the Club <br />for an amendment to the Club’s existing conditional use permit (issued in 1968). As we know, at <br />the Council meeting on May 26, 1998, Mr. Dayton, as President of the Club, stated that he could <br />see the direction that this matter was going and asked that the City Council take no further action. <br />He stated that the Club would proceed to try other traffic control measures at the intersection of <br />County Road 15 and Woodhill Road, which is the access to the Club, and return to the Council at <br />a later date. <br />The Mayor and City Council also stated that the Club could hire an off-duty police officer <br />at the Orono rate for other cities, which is approximately $39 per hour. Mr. Dayton stated that <br />26025