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I <br />I <br />I <br />MAY 0 3 1999 <br />Deor AAoyor Jabbour and City Council Members,CITY OF C.^O.'y'O <br />We arc writing in opposition to the application for an amendment to <br />Conditional Use Permit filed in Orono by VVoodhill Country Club, which <br />seeks to open a driveway leading from the Country Club through a <br />residential neighborhood. Our objections and concerns fall into two <br />general catagorics: Safety and Equity. While we recognize the <br />ambiguous legal obstacles put forth by the Club, we believe we can <br />offer practical ways to address them. <br />SAFETY CONCERNS <br />PREMISES THAT SELL ALCOHOL SHOULD NOT ACCESS THROUGH <br />RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS <br />Woodhill Country Club is a private social club, which sells alcohol. The <br />club hosts its members, as well as numerous other invitees attending <br />social and sporting events. The club has liquor permits both from <br />Wayzata (for the clubhouse) and from Orono (for the barn). While it is <br />true that many people live on roads more heavily travelled than ours, <br />they chose to do so and very few people live on roads accessed by a bar. <br />We feel very strongly that for this reason alone, Woodhill Country Club <br />should be denied access through our neighborhood. Alternatively, <br />should they gain such access, Orono should revoke the club's liquor <br />permit and should ask Wayzata to do the same. <br />WOODHILL AVENUE IS HEAVILY TREED, WITH NO LIGHTING <br />AND POOR SIGHTLINES <br />The sightlines on Woodhill Avenue as it intersects Woodhill ridge are <br />very poor and provide no odvance warning os to what may be coming <br />from around the corner. Despite the club ’s claims, this is one of the <br />things that distiguishes Woodhill Avenue from their current access on <br />Woodhill Road. Cars coming down the club's proposed road onto