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585 Tipperary Road <br /> Brooklyn , WI 53521 <br /> 6 February 95 <br /> Town Board , Town of Oregon <br /> Oregon, WI 53575 <br /> HAND DELIVERED <br /> RE: Conditional Use Permit Application number 1224 <br /> I regret that my schedule does not permit me to be at <br /> the meeting while you consider the Conditional Use Permit <br /> request made by Ron Jeidy for the Reformed Congregation . <br /> Thank you for taking my comments in this form. I found the <br /> public hearing and discussion at the Town Plan Commission <br /> meeting last Tuesday quite lively and informative. <br /> Upon reflection, it seems to me that the recommendations <br /> were an interesting mixture of sensible conditions which <br /> address the legitimate concerns raised by neighbors and a <br /> few conditions which have something of a "big brother" <br /> flavor to them. Also upon reflection , my neighbors seem <br /> to have a mix of reactions to this request which included <br /> reasonable concerns which could be appropriately addressed <br /> by placing conditions on this permit and a wish to kill <br /> this use of the land altogether. <br /> Let me discuss the second part first. I confess that <br /> the reasons for killing the Retreat Center were never <br /> clear to me. I did have an impression that some folks <br /> have a strong desire not to have change come to this part <br /> of the town. But change will inevitably come. Ron Jeidy <br /> has moved out of state and will sell this land to someone, <br /> sometime. At least THIS use allows us to place conditions <br /> on the activities to take place there. If he sells it to <br /> a person or family, then we will have absolutely nothing to <br /> say about fires or the size of their home or the size of <br /> their family or how many parties they have or how many cars <br /> they drive ( not to mention where they park them) or whether <br /> they ride dirt bikes at all hours or -- well , you get the <br /> idea. Change will come . I prefer a land use which permits <br /> us to have some say about that change to one which will not. <br /> My house and land, which I bought from Ron Jeidy , are <br /> surrounded by this parcel on three sides; so I have some <br /> fairly strong feelings about what happens to it and on it. <br /> One of the things I treasure most about the land are the <br /> many large trees currently growing there. The proposed use <br /> will maintain the wooded nature of the parcel . In addition , <br /> having part-time neighbors appeals to me. <br />