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July 4, 1991 <br />i.) • <br />Mr. Larry Dallam <br />Consultant <br />Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendoff <br />6700 France Avenue, South <br />Edina, Minnesota <br />Dear Mr. Dallam, <br />First, let me introduce myself as someone you have characterized <br />numerous times as you have "consulted" your way through west <br />Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and now Orono, converting Highway 12 <br />to Interstate 394. I am someone you’ve disdainfully and <br />arrogantly labelled repeatedly in open meetings as a "NIMBY." <br />I am also a "NIPOE" (Not In Place of Our Environment) and a <br />"NONR" (No New Roads). <br />It is with vigor and total commitment that I accept these labels <br />as the Highway 12 saga continues. Further, I know there are <br />thousands of others who feel exactly the same. <br />Second, allow me to explain how you have directly contributed to <br />the creation of the NIMBY/NIPOE/NONR phenomenon, in addition to <br />your continual public labelling: <br />In Janus y, you quietly slipped the so-called "south by-pass" <br />route from county road 15 to the Luce Line Trail. 1 live along <br />the Trail where you now propose to pass through. In some way, <br />maybe I should thank you, because you have moved me from <br />"ordinary unlnvolved citizen" to "fully awakened and ready to <br />fight." <br />Three >ears ago, my wife and I made a long-term decision. We <br />chose to move further into the "country" and began planning for <br />retirement. When our new home became available, we invested <br />heavily — financially and emotionally — in the purchase. Since <br />then, we have virtually overhauled the property, planting dozens <br />of trees, renovating a 50-year old barn and generally improving <br />the area. The Luce Line Trail and its access to miles of state- <br />owned countryside were major contributors to our decision. At <br />the time, we were assured by our real estate agent (who was <br />assured by city officials who were assured by Highway department <br />officials) there were no plans to build a new highway along the <br />"old study line." This has been restated in the Orono City <br />Council’s recent letter to all residents which is enclosed. <br />Further, you were ashed at a December 1990 public meeting at <br />Orono High School about the "old study line" and you said it was <br />no longer relevant. Little did we know! Within weeks, however, <br />s new map showed up at an Orono Planning Commission meeting with <br />a new "south by-pass." .Seedless to say, we were shocked.