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�� J� W BEVE � LAN�SCAPING September 15, 2005 City Planning Department City of Orono Post Office Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 Dear Orono City Council and City Planning Department: Thank you for providing an opportunity for me to briefly address Mayor Peterson, the Council, the Planning Department, and all present at the September 12the meeting, with regard to our entrance gate proposal at 1535 Bohns Point Road. Again, on behalf of the homeowners and the contractors associated with this project, we appreciate your willingness to examine the associated codes in how they are interpreted, and how they are applied. As the representative of this project, I fully understand and accept your reluctance to carry out a public discourse in these matters, as expressed by Councilman White. But I would like to humbly ask for an opportunity to address this matter in general, and how it affects our project at-hand. � ��;,. ;, .. _ : �: r i� ka sh . � .. + ... � � �: �� +� `'� _,, -�' `�� ' �X�* �� ,� -- � � �, �.. �, :� � �a�,��e � s � .�� t �� . � 5 ,�n'��e `J�-. � . ��ti �� .��-...� �� � _ �� ^ J i� . �; _ �i �4 j'� _.._"_"_ i't.'.NA.A � ' � ' :�} � � �'.�� . :� . 'X.�. _ __. �•• . . , ' Here is a copy of the photograph I sent to Janice Gundlach, taken at the time it was fitted, in effort to show the context of its setting and its stage of completion at this time. The gate is a custom-made sculpture, and the columns contain custom stained glass and lamp fixtures. It is artistic, but it is simply more of a contemporary form of what can be found in neighborhoods such as Bear Path in Eden Prairie, Hardscrabble Circle in Minnetrista, and other areas in Orono. Custom wrought-iron, steel, and aluminum gate designs like this can also be found in portfolios of countless fabricators over the Internet, shown in neighborhoods all over the country.