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• <br />At the February 8th Spring Park planning commission meeting <br />( refer to City of Spring Park, Spring Park, Mn. agenda public <br />hearing and planning/park commission dated 2/3/1989 copy at­ <br />tached and also previously sent to Orono city offices ) I asked <br />the City of Spring Park representatives and Mr.Allan Bell <br />( Manager of Fletchers ) if an impact study of the effects <br />from a parking lot on the neighborhood had been completed. The <br />commission expressed that they had no intention and if a study <br />was to be completed it would be up to Fletchers at their cost. <br />The quest: capacity at Fletchers out doors as veil as in­ <br />doors needs. taken into consideration, keeping in mind <br />out side decku.:/ is also a structure, is there a large assem­ <br />bly ordinance? Who determines and enforces? Is the large assem- <br />blys on summer weekends dangerous? At vhos expense will it be <br />when the police protection has to be increased? These are just <br />some of the questions that need to be answered. <br />It is my understanding that Fletchers has been allowed to expand <br />their facilities in the past and recently outside as well as <br />inside to accomidate more customers. It is my opinion that <br />parking and traffic problems should have been taken into con­ <br />sideration long ago. The problem was created when Fletchers <br />allowed their business activity to c>:pand beyond the true cap­ <br />acity of their facility at the expense of the neighborhood. <br />They created the problem and their argument that a zone change <br />enabling 15 more cars to park will alleviate problems asso­ <br />ciated with customers parading back and forth to remote park­ <br />ing lots, illegal parking an'J neighborhood nuisances is ridi­ <br />culous. Fletchers could probably fill up 20 more acres of <br />parking if it surrounded their establishment. <br />The Spring Park planning commission voted down the proposal <br />of rezoning and parking lot on 2/8/89, but on 3/6/1989 the <br />City council votes. <br />As per my phone conversation on 2/8/89 with Orono City ad­ <br />ministrator, Mr. Mark Bernhartson, the city did not know if <br />it was or was not in a position to help the many effected <br />Orono residents and property owners. I am not convinced that <br />the city of Orono and its police department does not have a <br />position, right and obligation to help the people of Orono. <br />We want to see residential zoning left alone. The people <br />responsible for this illegal parking lot should replant and <br />restore the land to insure privacy to the neighborhood. The <br />operation of Fletchers should be clearly contained within the <br />bounds of its present zoning. The residents should have res­ <br />idential neighborhood type atmosphere, especially for the <br />children and strict police enforcement to protect from Fletchers <br />fall out. <br />Cont.