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To: Mayor Butler <br />Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator <br />Orono Council Members <br />Planning commission Members <br />From: Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator <br />Date: September 17, 1986 <br />Subject: 39 William J. Ulrich, 1535 Bohn's Point Road - <br />Conditional Use Permit/Variance <br />List of Hxhibits <br />ExhibitA- Noble Letter <br />Exhibit B - Hanson Letter <br />Exhibit C - Lynch Report <br />All action on this application was tabled pending either <br />resolve of specific issues or receipt of opinions or additional <br />input from other reviewing agents or agencies. <br />Dr. Hanson has reviewed the specific Ulrich application for <br />a geo-thermal heating and cooling system. His letter (Exhibit B) <br />forewarns that uncontrolled, intense, multiple uses of our <br />groundwater reserves will not only deplete 2/3's of the fresh- <br />water supply of our nation but will leave the remaining 1/3 of <br />surface water severely contaminated requiring increased costs for <br />recovering the water. <br />In the same letter, he voices major concern with the <br />greenhouse effect that results with combustion of fossil fuels <br />and natural gas. Ceo-thermal enerqy would partially reverse <br />the trend also the use of solar energy, energy saving <br />construction and nuclear energy. <br />Hanson concedes that a single City cannot fight this battle <br />and suggests a national policy with standards for groundwater <br />uses to asure that we are not creating an irreversible crisis. <br />John Noble has submitted a list of various experts involved <br />with groundwater -- please review Exhibit A. Staff has asked Mike <br />Lynch (Bonestroo, Ander 1 ick S Associates) to contact as many of <br />these expertq and report back to the City. Lynch was able to <br />contact 3 of the 5 experts - Kanaveteki of the Minnesota <br />Geological Survey, Schoenberg of the U.S. Geological Survey and <br />Gabanski of Twin City Testing. <br />