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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, August 12, 2013 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />    Page 14 of 37   <br />(6. #13-3606 LUKE KUJAWA O YOUR BOAT CLUB, 1444 SHORELINE DRIVE – <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT, Continued) <br /> <br />Gellis noted they are not looking to add boats and that there is nothing preventing him from putting 20 <br />boats in there and renting them for a dollar apiece. <br /> <br />Bremer commented he would also not make money doing that. <br /> <br />Gellis stated he is hoping the Council can take a moment to look at it from a private business owner’s <br />eyes. Your Boat Club supplies a lot of residents with access to the lake. Gellis indicated he is currently <br />turning business down right now because they cannot use the boats. Gellis stated he needs to know <br />whether he can expand the business a little bit in order to justify the expense of purchasing the marina. <br />Gellis indicated they are willing to work through these issues and they have demonstrated that they have <br />been doing that. <br /> <br />Brian McGoldrick, 36 Moonlight Bay, Stillwater, stated he owns a 200 boat marina in Stillwater as well <br />as a restaurant/bar. McGoldrick indicated Your Boat Club has been one of his better clients for the past <br />four years. <br /> <br />McGoldrick noted White Bear Lake requires one for four parking. Orono is at six for ten. Bayport and <br />Hastings and Stillwater on the St Croix River are one for three. Orono is almost double some of the other <br />cities and has probably some of the most stringent parking requirements in the state. McGoldrick noted <br />he does not have a problem with the parking at one to four. <br />McGoldrick stated he also gets very concerned about the privatization of an asset. Lake Minnetonka is a <br />natural asset and does not belong to anyone. Ninety-nine percent of the residents in White Bear Lake do <br />not live on the lake and do not own a boat. Your Boat Club provides access to people who might not be <br />able to get to the lake. Your Boat Club provides a vehicle for people to be able to use a natural resource <br />that would otherwise be limited. <br /> <br />McGoldrick stated one of the unintended benefits that he sees as a business owner is that a City will have <br />a lot of people that will come to the community and visit other businesses. McGoldrick stated he hopes <br />the City Council gives some strong consideration to what Your Boat Club is doing and are attempting to <br />do. McGoldrick stated in his view it will be a great asset for the community. <br /> <br />Kujawa stated as it relates to the fueling, Your Boat Club will have the same operating issue next spring <br />regardless of the number of boats if the fueling issue is not addressed. Kujawa stated the number of boats <br />is completely unrelated to the fueling issue. Granting of the conditional use permit amendment will allow <br />them to purchase the marina. <br /> <br />Kujawa noted the unoccupied house has no revenue potential at all but yet they spent a great deal of <br />money purchasing the property and working with the City. Kujawa indicated they are attempting to grow <br />their business and continue to operate out of this site. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Item #02 - CC Agenda - 08/26/2013 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 08/12/2013 [Page 14 of 37]