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March 21,1995 Subject; Orono City Variance RE; 1995 & Future Sailors World Boat Club Attention Planning Commission: Pace I 1 1 • 0 r- ^ V Please review the following information pertinent to the requirement you have imposed making it necessary for a conditional use permit for a Boat Lease or Rental Club. 1 appreciate your willingness to work with the local Marinas and I will be working at continuing to offer the finest all new Marina in aU of Orono. After meeting with Mike Gatfron Febmary 27, 1995 he suggested 1 describe to you our Boat Club parking needs and general Boat Club use. Before I begin I want to express my disappointment in the Cities revision to make Boat Clubs a conditional use as this goes against the logic of over 40 years of Boat Rentals at this business site. This should be an allowable use based on presenting adequate parking and 1 feel very uncomfortable putting the ftiture of my business & family in the the hands of City Governments Conditional Use!! I believe most of the problem is you don't fiilly understand the Boat Club concept and when I provide now written and later oral explanation you will better understand why my above comments are justified. However, I respect Michael Gatfrons opinion that when I demonstrate to the City Planners the facts about the Boat Club that I will not have to be worried that every year my business could be subject to extinction M I look forward to working with you and don’t want to give you the impression that 1 will be unreasonable or don't want to cooperate with the City and its residents. On the contrary I live in Orono, employ some of its children and love the community & people and will do everything I can to continue to improve my business to meet the standards that make it an asset to the community. With all the new improvements on this site to make it affordable for me and my family my future income sources rely heavily on the Boat Club Lease or Rental concept.