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V <br />k- <br />i' ■H.- <br />'fefl' <br />m-"> ^ v^'. <br />k:- <br />■l^- <br />r ■ .' <br />fli'f <br />If: <br />ife ■ <br />p-JrffcP;: ^ <br />rtfn <br />.1^' <br />■i i <br />h r ^ <br />L <br />5’"v-p- <br />5-i.- •wk: <br />J <br />iv • <br />[f: <br />rt^' 'ti*.' <br />1&. <br />TO: The Members of the Orono City Council har s laai <br />Dear Council Members: <br />There are many reasons why I am keenly interested in joining the <br />City of Orono Planning Commission. Whether i*^ is taxes, schools. <br />Highway 13, Lakeshore/LMCD, sewer plant annexation or development, <br />Z find these issues natter a lot to me and my family. Often, I <br />catch myself reacting critically to the information I read in the <br />local papers yet wishing to know more of the facts and <br />complexities of each evolving decision. <br />Not surprisingly, such knowledge comes only through active <br />partieipation~one must become involved in local government to <br />earn the right to be a constructive and critical voice of the <br />process. Many of the decisions that will impact orono's future <br />quality of life will be made in the next several years. Thus, I <br />wish to embrace civic responsibility and become Involved. While I <br />cannot offer any prior public office experience to the Orono City <br />Council, idiat X will do is bring compassion and pragmatic concern <br />for the issues that confront the lifestyle we all share. I will <br />learn the details and forthrightly contribute towards finding the <br />proper solutions. <br />My goal is to be a consensus builder, not a maverick. Many of the <br />aforementioned issues hit close to our home here in the Orchard <br />Highlands on Lyman Avenue. By participating in and understanding <br />the decision making process, I will necessarily be more accepting <br />of the choices made. Without any doubt, I hope to err on the side <br />of fiscal prudence and gradual, well-*reasoned development, with a <br />strong bias towards protecting the rural traditions of this <br />community. <br />On the personal side, my biography is a quick read. I grow up on <br />Shavers Lake in Oeephaven and at age thirteen, moved with my <br />family into a home on Wayzata Bay. Z graduated from Blake School <br />in 1976, and earned a degree in Ancient History from Brown <br />University in 1981. <br />Shortly thereafter, I began my professional career with Cargill. <br />Having spent my undergraduate years in Mew England, I would spend <br />the next six years merchandising grain in Iowa, Ohio and Missouri. <br />My addresses ranged from rural towns to larger cities. The <br />exposures to different communities were great experiences, yet too <br />short to put down roots in a meaningful way.