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Jeremy Barnhart <br /> From: Julie Yahoo <jltoman@yahoo.com> <br /> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 10:07 AM <br /> To: Jeremy Barnhart <br /> Subject: RE: Vacation Rental ordinances <br /> Jeremy, Thanks for sending this over. <br /> I appreciate the opportunity to respond. I have be renting my house out on VRBO for 3 years and require a 5 night <br /> minimum stay and also screen every new renter. I only allow maximum of 4 people to stay in my house at any time. i <br /> have been in very regular communication with all of my close neighbors and they have all been informed that if there <br /> ever any issues or impact on their quality of `lake life"they should call me. I have received zero complaints and have <br /> had my next door neighbor property managing the rental for all 3 years. So far for in 2016, 50%of my renters are return <br /> renters. <br /> I started doing this 3 years ago, after unsuccessfully trying to sell my house in 2011 and 2012 when my house value was <br /> "underwater" . I work in Boston and divide my time 50-50 between both locations and this weekly rental business <br /> during Summer only allowed me to hold on to my house and not do a short sale. I would very much like to continue to <br /> operate a weekly rental business in the Summer months. Please look at my listing and reviews VRBO Listing <br /> #460106. My rental agreement covers most of what is included in this ordinance already <br /> After reading through the proposed ordinance,I have no issue with Regulation#1. <br /> #2 my insurance for using this as a rental property has made me comply the applicable codes for a house of my age fire <br /> any additional regulations should be reviewed before being implemented. <br /> I have issue with #3, as I have 2 primary residences, one in Boston where I work, and then this one in Orono where I <br /> spend 50%of my time. If I am prohibited from renting it would cause me a significant financial hardship. I hope to retire <br /> back in MN in a few years and use this property as my primary residence again. <br /> Item#4, I may not personally be available within 30 minutes but I have 2 people who are close by who respond to any <br /> issues and are available for any things that need to be fixed. This has never been a problem in my 3 years of doing this. <br /> I am okay with all of the other points but do think this is a little excessive and should be taken into very serious <br /> considerations amongst the small group of Short Term Rental Business Owners. <br /> Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions? <br /> Thanks, <br /> Julie Toman <br /> 1082 Loma Linda Ave. <br /> From:Jeremy Barnhart [mailto:jbarnhart@ci.orono.mn.us] <br /> Sent:Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:29 PM <br /> To:jltoman@yahoo.com <br /> Subject:Vacation Rental ordinances <br /> Julie, <br /> 1 <br />