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Tom & Roberta McNellis <br />355 Wcodhiil Road <br />Orono, MN 55391 <br />(612) 746-4556 <br />February 4, 1993 <br />Jeanne A. Mabusth <br />Building & Zoning Administrator <br />City of Orono <br />2780 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55391 <br />RE: #1803 Woodhill Country Club Subdivision at 200 Woodhill Road <br />Dear Jeanne: <br />We will be unable to attend the hearing on February 16; therefore, we are <br />sending our comments in writing. <br />Enclosed Is a map of the illustrating what we will refer to in this letter <br />as Part A (In yellow) and Part B (In green) of the driveway affected. The <br />driveway leaves Woodhill Road, heads westerly (Part A), and then up a <br />steep incline headed northerly (Part B) to serve the McNellis and Prudden <br />residences. 200 Woodhill Road would be the first driveway on Part B. <br />This exact proposal was submitted on March 14, 1990, In application <br />#1503. The concerns that we expressed at that time still apply today: <br />1. The subject property would be served by a private driveway that <br />currently serves the Prudden & McNellis properties. During construction on <br />the McNellis property, completed in 1990, it became apparent that the <br />private driveway from Woodhill Road to the McNellis property was <br />inadequate for the heavy loads construction requires. What appears to be a <br />blacktop road is, in reality, a gravel driveway that has been died many <br />times over the past 64 years. The driveway is adequate for automobiles and <br />light delivery trucks, but broke up badly during the McNellis construction. <br />We had Plehal Blacktopping, Inc. repair the damage and restore the <br />driveway to serviceable condition in the fall of 1990. If heavy construction <br />trucks are driven over the driveway again, severe damage will .occur. I <br />have enclosed a piece of the driveway to better illustrate how the roadbed <br />! <br />1