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EXHIBIT E <br /> June 22, 2005 <br /> City Council <br /> Planning Commission �������� <br /> City of Orono JUN <br /> 2780 Kelly Parkway �' 2 � zd�� <br /> Crystal Bay, Mn, 55323 T1`Ofi���NG <br /> Re: Narrows Expansion <br /> Ladies and Gentlemen: <br /> I attended the Planning Commission meeting on Monday June 20t", 2005 when the Narrows <br /> expansion was discussed. <br /> T:�e Narrorvs wisl:es to irnpi•ove its facility by remo�eling anci expanding its building. It aiso wants <br /> to install open air seating in the front and the rear. <br /> The front seating would give Navarre a "Sidewalk cafe". I think this would be a nice addition to <br /> our main street. Many of our neighboring cities have sidewalk cafes. Wayzata has them. The <br /> Uptown area of Minneapolis has them. This seems to be an ordinary and customary use of public <br /> sidewalks. I have shopped in Navarre for 37 years and would welcome this improvement. <br /> The Planning Commission did not seem inclined to grant ttie Narrows permission for the sidewalk <br /> cafe. It is my opinion that this denial would be mistake. Some of the neighbors on Kelly Avenue <br /> spoke against the sidewalk caf� while others on Kelly supported it. I understand there would be <br /> no additional noise as there will be no speakers out there. <br /> There were a large numbers of non-Kelly Avenue people wlio spoke in favor of the expansion. It <br /> was interesting to see how many people at the meeting thought the Narrows was an asset to the <br /> community. <br /> The planning Commission also seemed to be inclined to restrict other items in the expansion plan. <br /> These restrictions could dilute the improvements to the point where they are of little value. <br /> The City can permit or refuse this expansion. The Narrows' building and the rest of Navarre's <br /> main street were built when there were less restrictive rules. Today the expansion does not meet <br /> the City's rules. <br /> However, tliis may be a rare opportunity for us to have a business put money into adding <br /> cliaracter to our main street at no cost to the coinmunity. I believe that the city sliould welconie <br /> this expansion and grant the necessary approvals. <br /> �_.., � � j � <br /> � jT� 6} <br /> `����t, A�'� ��,�� \,?'!�..y�v,rr•.�.�(,> <br /> � U <br /> _. � <br /> Sam Marfield <br /> 2455 Nortli Shore Drive <br /> Wayzata, [Orono] MN, 55391 <br />