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CHARLES L. SCHROEOER <br />ATTACHMENT <br />I have very much enjoyed my tenure on the Planning Commission and <br />would like to contlntje serving. I like being Involved in the community <br />and feel the Commission has several important functions to fulfill. <br />My interest Is in '.nterpreting and maintaining the integrity of the <br />Comprehensive Plan as well as the City Code. The Comprehensive Plan <br />is the community's best sense of how it wants to be from a land use <br />perspective. The basis desire of the community, as expressed in the <br />Plan, is to retain a well-developed sense of environmental awareness. <br />Orono is unique in terms of its potential impact on Lake Minnetonka as <br />well as other lakes, on wetlands, and on rural areas in general. As an <br />example, the Lake Use Committee, on which I serve, deals with the Issue <br />of adopting new shoreland regulations tor Oronc that will serve our <br />needs and those of the DNR. The community has clearly expressed Its <br />interest in maintaining the beauty and relatively undeveloped nature of <br />the City. This should continue. In my opinion. <br />At the same tinw, Orono faces the usual pressures to "change." This <br />can nean development in the traditional sense. For example, as the <br />state nrx)ves inexorably toward deciding what to do about Highway 12, <br />development pressures will Intensify. The nature and placement of this <br />roadway will be the single most Important issue facing the Commission, <br />and the City, for decades. Depending r i placement. It will add rTKire <br />hardcover than any number of houses, not to mention the effect of <br />"splitting the City In two." I look forward to Influencing that discussion <br />and its subsequent effects as a continuing member of the Commission. <br />I feel I continue to have the time to devote to fulfilling my duties. The <br />basis work of the Commission is important, and I look forward to serving <br />the new Administration.