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' MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING D D <br /> Tuesday, February 22,2011 � <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. � <br /> � <br /> Gaffron noted they were not allowed to operate a boat club at that location this past year and that they will � <br /> be meeting tomorrow to discuss a permit. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if they are subletting from a commercial marina. <br /> Kujawa indicated they are and that boat clubs help marinas take advantage of their downtime. <br /> Leskinen asked whether they have parking restrictions at any of their other facilities. <br /> Kujawa indicated they do not. <br /> Thiesse asked if they offer shuttle services. <br /> Kujawa stated they do not and that people generally are not interested in it and would prefer onsite <br /> parking. <br /> Schoenzeit noted Mr.Kujawa's boat club only has six slips and asked how the boat club is staffed. <br /> Kujawa indicated they are staffed pretty much full time every day. Kujawa staxed the marinas view boat <br /> clubs as a positive and.that they sometimes assist the marinas with their boats. <br /> Todd Nelson,Wayzata Boat Works, stated most people do not use their boats during the week and that <br /> the busiest time is 4`�'of July. They do not have a problem with parking. Boating has become out of <br /> reach for a number of families and boat clubs allow those families to have access to the lake. Parking has <br /> never been an issue and boat clubs will not make it an issue. People schedule times that they want to use " <br /> the boats and there is a limited number of boats. <br /> Mike Hilbelith, Sailors World, stated he has a concern with the direction the ordinance could go and how <br /> it could negatively impact the overall value of the marinas. Marinas provide a great service and access to <br /> the lake. The parking requirements appear to be arbitrary and that he would suggest the City speak with <br /> the adjoining property owners to see whether pazking has ever been a problem. The marinas need parking <br /> for the people who own boats and that parking is a site speci�c issue for each particular marina. <br /> Hilbelith noted the 25 parking spots have not been contracted for by Sailors World for the last 12 years <br /> and he would like to see that eliminated from their conditional use permit. It appears the City is <br /> attempting to put restrictions on the marinas for what appears to be a possible problem one day of the <br /> year,which is 4`�'of July. � <br /> Dave Briggs, Wayzata Marina and Maxwell Bay Properties, stated over the last five years ownership of <br /> three marinas has changed. Going back 15 to 20 years,there were a number of issues that the City had <br /> with marinas,but in the last few years those problems have not surfaced. Technically boat clubs and <br /> rentals use parking more than other uses but that certain marinas do have higher usages. Briggs stated in <br /> his view there should be some rules regulating parking. They currently have boat sales,marina, and <br /> service,but if another boat club moved into Orono,there would be parking issues. Briggs encouraged the <br /> Planning Commission to give some thought to the future parking needs. <br /> Chair Kang closed the public hearing at 8:37 p.m. <br /> Page <br /> 14 <br />