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Mike Gaffron <br />C <br />From: <br />Jessica Loftus <br />Sent: <br />Monday, April 11, 2016 9:22 PM <br />To: <br />Mike Gaffron <br />Subject: <br />FW: Cemetery Road <br />For the worksession item <br />-----Original Message ----- <br />From: Lili McMillan <br />Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 4:16 PM <br />To: Jessica Loftus <jloftus@ci.orono.mn.us> <br />Subject: FW: Cemetery Road <br />Lill McMillan <br />Mayor • City of Orono, Minnesota <br />612-840-8484 <br />NOTICE: This email is subject to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. It may be available to anyone making a <br />request for it, and it may be included as part of the public record if it is directed to a matter before City Council. <br />From: Brennan Greene [brennangreene@gmail.com] <br />Sent: Friday, April 08, 20161:58 PM <br />To: Lili McMillan <br />Subject: Cemetery Road <br />Hello Ms. Mcmillian, <br />My name is Brennan Greene, I am a former resident of Orono and my parents still live on Partenwood Rd off of <br />Tonkawa Rd. I am also the owner of Birch's on the Lake Brewhouse & Supperclub in the old Billy's Lighthouse location in <br />Long Lake. We employ almost 100 people, many of whom are Orono residents, of which about 30 are in the building <br />while we are open. When we opened this fall we were told by Union Cemetery, immediately to the west of us in Orono, <br />that our employees would be allowed to park in their parking lot. This clearly did not work out, and the cemetery asked <br />us to have our employees park on the frontage road between Hwy 112 and the cemetery. This situation seemed to <br />work for a while, until the cemetery board informed us that by parking on both sides of the frontage road we were <br />partially blocking the road. Taking this very seriously we immediately informed our staff to only park on the south side <br />of the frontage road. For the past three weeks now we have been very vigilant in order to make sure our staff only <br />parks on the one side of the road. This situation seems to be working, as we are not blocking the road at all. The <br />cemetery still seems to be unhappy with this, however, and seem to be working to not allow us to even park on one <br />side. Having our employees not park in our lot is critical to the success of our business, as we need every available spot <br />in our lot for paying customers. The frontage road is now very passible, and has an existing shoulder on the south side <br />that our employees park on. We are not damaging the road or the surrounding land, we are not hurting anyone or their <br />property, nor are we blocking access for anyone to get in or out of the cemetery, or up and down the road. Our <br />employees now know not to walk through the cemetery to get to work, and we have our valet pick up cars for them, or <br />have them walk out in teams when they have to leave late at night for their own safety. We have been working with the <br />funeral home in Long Lake and they will let us know if there are going to be any funerals coming up. On those days we <br />will not have any of our staff parked on the frontage road. I understand you are working on trying to find out who owns <br />the south side of this road in question. Please let us know when you find out. All we are asking for is a chance to speak <br />before any kind of no parking signs are put in place. I am the owner, this is my first and only restaurant, I started it <br />