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Bohns Point Road Wayzata, Minn. 55391 August 8, 1985 Orono City Council P.O. Box 66 Crystal .Bay, Minn. 55323 Dear Mayor Butler and Council Members, We understand the new construction at 1629 Bohns Point Road is intended to be shown during the Parade of Homes September 8 through 22. We do not feel this is an appropriate activity for the Bohns Point neighborhood. Such activity would clearly pose a severe threat to the safety, health and welfare of the people living there. For many reasons the house under construction should not be allowed to participate in the 1985 Parade of Homes. Among them: 1. It would cause unsafe conditions. A. Parade officials estimate at least 5,000 people visit an upper bracket home on a typ ci weekend for which the Bohns Point area cannot possibly handle safely. B. There is no adequatj parking available to handle such numbers of vehicles. (Could be as many as 2,500 in each of the three weekends involved.) C. With a large influx of cars it would be impossible for emergency vehicles to service the area. D. In this neighborhood there are twelve children eight years. old and under. During the time period involved the children will be using the Bohns Point Road to get to and from the bus stop as well as their normal playtime travels. (There are no sidewalks.) E. The hours of the Parade are from 1:00-6:00 on weekends and 1:00-8:00 on weekdays. During the month of Septem- ber it gets dark well before 8:00 increasing the danger to everyone. (There are no street lights in the immed- iate area.) 2. It would create an unhealthy situation. A. Due to the existing sewer condition there is inad- equate sanitary facilities to handle the large numbers of people. B. With such numbers there would be extensive littering. 3. It would not be compatible with the welfare of the resi- dents. A. Bohns Point is an estatliched residential area.