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gm-mm Ui " i ^V r *• ♦#•-, ■ . . ”‘ ' /■ . s *^“ - . ■*.,=' 1 ■ r * » *. ft \h I 5 i . ':W ^ >■'- • J- V s, J' » If- •v. » / «\ It H.-^'^ JiiH.»• ••i> September 16, 1988 To the Planning Commission and the City Cottncil of Orono: We are concerned about the proposed development and rezoning of the property located at 715 North Brown Road. Our roncern centers around the negative influence of so many homesites immediately adjacent to our property and the increased traffic on North E<rown Road. We believe the addition of 25 homes in the area will decrease our ability to use our pi^opBi^ty and increase the risk of injury or damage to our property, our horses or trespassers. We moved to Orono in 1977 and were assured several times by the City that Orono was then, and intended to remain a rural residential community. We chose the area because of the requirement for 2 acre minimum lots, though 5 acre mini mums would do more to ensure the rural environment. We have seen the traffic use of North Brown Road increase dramatically over the last 10 years. We believe the addition of 25 homes will increase the traffic to such a point that we can no longer ride our h°*^ses or walk along Brown Road. Thus we will have no access to the park or trails. Such high density of housing will generate an additional 25 to 75 cars per day on Brown Road. The solution, no doubt, will be to upgrade and widen the road and assess the landownersj a solution we would strongly oppose. It would generate yet more traffic and lessen our *ability to enjoy our property, our horses and our neighborhood. We believe Orono must hold fast to its goals“~or become another Bloomington with high density housing. We are also concerned with the plans to locate five to six lots adjacent to our south property line. We chose the area so we would have privacy at least 2 acres per homesite. Locating so many homes so close steals our privacy and increases the risk of children, dogs, etc. trespassing and injuring our horses or themselves. Quite frankly, we do not need increased liability. property known as 715 North Brown Road is to be developed, we believe several conditions should be met with NO cost to the adjacent landowners. First, North Brown Road should be revamped to include a path safe from vehicular traffic for horseback riding and walking. North Brown Road should also be studied for ways tc reduce the number of vehicles and, increasingly important, the excess speed of the vehicles using North Brown Road.