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, , <br /> , • PC Exhibit J .� � <br /> �46�at�sz IU. 2015 <br /> R�c�rvED <br /> AUG 1'�'��f}95 <br /> Michael P.Gaiirat CITY OF ORONO <br /> �tv of Orono <br /> �50 Keflev Parkway <br /> �rono,MN 55356 <br /> Re: #15-3769 for 3409 East Lake Stree��rona <br /> ^�ar Michaet, <br /> t want�to r�r mp conc�rns wit#�the mu�tiple varia�ces bei�g re�}uested hv�s <br /> homeowners c�f 3�49 East Lake Sh�et�n order for#hem�o cons��uct a 21'x 21'?� <br /> 15.5'garage on�he grope,r�:. <br /> As the hazneowner ou the easbe�nmvst bt of East Lahe S�f 34t1�3 Fast Lake <br /> Street,on tlte oorner of Ba�de Ro�d and Eas�I.ake�t}�I enjoy pr�marily woaded <br /> creek views to#�e so�th a��of�+ee�wt�od��Pses of�he�lce t�rou�: <br /> the trees,aad my nefghbors�o-the-wes�s�avety�aw�s and landscape, 1 get to enjaY <br /> the sense of being`at#i�e lake"vet�us'Sn the subufhs". <br /> �fVhat enabfes us o��i.s qufet dea,d-�d�t�eet to en�y#�rat s�ense of h#vlag at the <br /> Iake",is that aur block 3sn't crowded with McMaesion-sized homes and garages. A <br /> Z 1'x 21'x 15.5'�ag,e on a SO`wide�ot i�Ys a��ady a�e��scapeci�eooardiae� <br /> the health o�Stubb's Bay and S#�bbs Creek w�th e.g�re runaf� Addrtionally.ths <br /> plan uuts both their praposed garage and their egist�ing concsete patio perilously <br /> �ose to the creek ba�k{�ess�an 12'from the wat�'s edge fin A�when we're at <br /> �Iow water mark�. <br /> At what pof�tt does the c;ouvenienc+�of a gdrage for oae homeo�er�g on a� <br /> already over-�u#it parvei,supersede t�e enjc�y��t and va�e o€��de living For <br /> *.h�ma�oritv t�f homeowners on the bloc�c,on the creek and ot�th�L�ke? <br /> As a recen�hameQvvner in the neighhorhood myself(I gurch��aad renovated my <br /> home in 2010-2011�,I k�ew t�at the�►of�viag��e��de r.am�e at a vrice,fn or�r <br /> bo ensure#3�e c�rrentand f�ture�eal�c��he careek and lak�. in�ev�e�ring zonin� <br /> ordinances and bu�dfng oodPs-prior to pur�hasing my home- I fw�nd�t would be <br /> challen�iag,ff not impossfbi�for�o�f�r;ae to egpand#he fc�otpriut of my less- <br /> �han-1.000-sqa�-€oot home g�vea the reg�atio9as and ordm�n�in plac�to <br /> protect die creelt and lake. Those who c�oose to buy homes a��acent to wet�ands, <br /> creeks,lakes or simiLar fia�le eonsystems must do��owiflg t�at�m�ectin�the <br /> envfronment for a�l so�etl�nes aames at�he e,xpez�se of�nd�iduai w��s and needs. <br />