PC item-dry stackboat storage/2001

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• �� L �--- April 12, 2001 @' ..,i r r,+�, L��_ �l JJ�.. �-•I�J Orono Planning Commission City of Orono > " � �`��" P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 c11�r ��` �rti�+�O Attn: Mike Gaffron • Re: Land Use Application#O 1-2667: Conditional Use Permit for Richard Anderson to increase from 20—72 the number customer owned boats stored in dry-stack units. Dear Mr. Gaffron, We live at 3160 North Shore Drive. Since we will not be able to attend the Planning Commission Public Hearing on April 16, 2001, I am writing this letter to express our concern regarding granting the Land Use application cited above. First of all, Rich(North shore Marina)has been a very good neighbor. Overall he has done an excellent job operating and maintaining North Shore Marina and we want his business to prosper. However, we are very concerned that the nearly 4x increase in customer owned boats stored in dry stack units will result in undesirable increases in both automobile traffic in the neighborhood and boat traffic on Maxwell Bay. These undesirable increases contribute to an increasing concern for the safety of the children in the neighborhood and the potential of reduced property values. As you know, with the two Marinas and two public boat launches on North Shore Drive, traffic during the summer months is already very heavy. Since moving into our home last year, our concern for the safety of the many children(including ours)that live along the stretch of road between Noerenberg Park in the East, and the boat launch on North Arm Bay in the West has grown steadily. Most cars do not observe the posted 40-mph speed limit,but travel much faster. As a matter of fact, several times cars have passed me despite the fact that this is clearly a highly residential section of roadway. There are no "Watch for Children" signs anywhere to warn drivers of the children in the neighborhood. It seems ironic that there is a"Watch for Children" sign posted on Bohns Point Road where the speed limit and traffic are significantly lower, yet none are posted in this section of North Shore Drive. In addition, there are less residential sections of roadway in the neighborhood where the speed limit is lower! This is a very dangerous stretch of roadway. . At the current high speed limit and with the lack of warning signs, increasing automobile traffic of any kind not only makes this a more dangerous stretch of roadway,but also could potentially reduce our property values.