Thank you to the Program Committee for setting up these events.

Tuesday, October 13 at Lafayette: City Council Candidates Forum, 6:30pm meet & greet, 7pm is the Forum start time. 

http://www.goduluthmn.com/best-duluth-attractions/park-point/

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Hi Neighbors,

Hope to see you on Thursday night. Jim Booth and Kris Osbakken who are running for City Councilor At-Large seats are planning to stop in to visit with us at 6:30pm.

Meeting agenda items:

Candidates Forum set for Oct 13 at Lafayette: Would you be interested in helping plan this event and collect questions for the candidates? Please contact Dave Poulin of the Program Committee if you are interested. 722-1511

Spirit of the Lights ( Marcia Hales festival on 38th St. ) seeking support for this season’s display which will be entered in a national competition. (Diane Gould)

Misc. Updates:

Update on Street End Study Group:

Park Pointers involved with this City Planning study are John Schmidt, Chelly Townsend, Judy Dwyer, Bob Swanson, Kinnan Stauber, Lyn Clark Pegg, Dave Poulin

Third District Duluth City Councilor
(No primary in this race, both candidates advance)
Barri Love
Em Westerlund

At-large Duluth City Councilors
(Two positions; no primary in this race, all four candidates advance)
Jim Booth
Elissa Hansen
Noah Hobbs
Kriss Osbakken

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Park Point Marina Hotel Seeks Expansion- note time change of meeting

FYI re. hearing on Aug. 10, 2015-TIME CHANGED TO 6:15 pm

Hotel expansion note

Marina Expansion Hearing 8.10 Notice of hearing

Response from City Planning re the letter referencing  “200 feet limit.”

“Good morning,

I can help with the question.  In this zone district, Mixed Use Waterfront (section 50-15.6 of the UDC), there is a rule that states, in part,:

To protect public views to the waterfront from the closest landward public street running approximately parallel to the water, all primary structures shall have a maximum width of 200 feet measured along the shoreline and shall be separated from other primary structures by a minimum of 50 feet. These requirements shall not apply to portions of buildings that do not block public views of Lake Superior, the harbor and the St. Louis River from the closest landward public street running approximately parallel to the water due to topography or the location;

The property owner wants to expand the hotel and add more rooms; the planning staff have informed him that in their opinion the hotel currently exceeds the maximum length of 200 feet allowed per the rules stated above.  He can expand the structure, but just not in a way that exceeds 200 feet along the public street.

He is respectfully challenging the planning staff’s interpretation of the rules and decision, and is asking the City Council to review the issue.  He had previously gone to the Planning Commission, and they affirmed the staff’s decision that the structure already exceeds the 200 feet rule.

Here is a link the zone district:

http://www.duluthmn.gov/media/362601/MU-W-District.pdf

I hope this information helps; have a good day.”

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Steven Robertson, Senior Planner (218-730-5295)

City of Duluth, Planning Division

City Planning Department Street End Study Group Update

Subject: Park Point Study Group / Next meetings

John E. Judd, III

Senior Planner

218-730-5580

jjudd@duluthmn.gov

Study Group Members:

It was a close run thing, but a majority were able to meet on the August 19 & 20 dates.  Including Councilor Gardner and our Environment Rep. Stauber.We will rendezvous at t 4:30pm at the Lafayette Park parking area,  as it is roughly in the middle of the remaining length of the Point that we need to review.Please allocate at least 2 hours for this meeting(s). Any questions regarding these meetings please contact me.

John Judd

John Schmidt represents Park Point on the Parks and Recreation Commission; Chelly Townsend, David Poulin, Judy Dwyer, Bob Swanson, Lyn Clark Pegg, Kinnan Stauber are also working with the Planning Department as the process continues.

Here is the document that John Schmidt brought to the group/process as a tool for evaluating access points.

“National Neighbors Night Out” on Park Point

Thank you to everyone who worked on gatherings in our unique sand spit neighborhood; hoping you had a chance to stop in and see new and old friends & neighbors.

The PPCC Executive Committee would appreciate your input on the annual rummage sale.

Please submit comments to the Breeze Editor at this address, ppbreezeeditor@gmail.com or to parkpointcc@gmail.com.

Would you consider sharing your point of view?  Check out the July and August Breeze for three neighbors’ points of view.

Happy summer!

Breeze 8-2015

Breeze 7-2015

Happy Summer !

Wednesday, July 15, 2015- Free Water Safety Program at the Beach House

Hope to see you this Thursday at upper Lafayette for our monthly gathering. 6:30 chatting, 7pm short meeting

Ms. Em Westerlund, who is seeking the District 3 City Council seat, will be stopping in to meet our Park Point neighbors. Here is a link to her website.

New contact info for Duluth Superior Sailing Association from Tim Ingersoll,Waterfront Director

218-251-0560.

www.SailingForAll.org

Email, at sailingforall@gmail.com is the best way to communicate, but please do call if there is an immediate urgent need and I’ll do my best to respond in a timely fashion.

I also thought I’d throw a reminder out to folks that our Facebook site is a great way to stay in touch with what is going on at the pier during the summer months as I update that more regularly then the web site! I’ll post events and other news there, along with photos and other items of interest. If you haven’t made it there, check us out at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/148102077597/?pnref=lhc

The summer is staying busy and we’ve had some beautiful days! Be sure to stop down and visit! Check the pier calendar for exceptions to our hours, but generally you’ll find someone down there from noon till at least 6:30 7 days a week….later if someone is out sailing!

Thank you!

Tim Ingersoll

Tour of Homes Registration– A Park Point home is on the tour, July 15 is date of the tour

Regatta News from the DNT-2015 Duluth International Regatta

 

 

Photo by Bob King, DNT

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