Campground Workgroup Items 12/16/2021

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• Towne, Jason From: Patrick Hansen <protectbigwoodlake@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 4:44 PM To: Paden, Jim; Conroy, Craig; Awe, Charles Cc: Towne, Jason Subject: Re: PBC input in advance of 12/17 Campground Work Group Mtg Attachments: PBC-Dec2021-Letter-to-Work-Group-REVISED.pdf Gentlemen, One of the Preserve Burnett County volunteers who helped compile Exhibit B of this letter pointed out that the final version omitted some of the earliest CUPs going back to 2014. Please use the attached updated version of this letter, with revisions to Exhibit B going further back to 2014. Thank you! -patrick On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 9:13 AM Patrick Hansen <protectbigwoodlake@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Members of the Work Group on Campgrounds, Please find attached a letter on behalf of Preserve Burnett County(PBC) with input in advance of tomorrow's Work Group meeting. The letter contains three key points, along with supporting factual data: 1. We urge the Work Group and LUI Committee to proceed quickly with a 100-unit cap on campgrounds in the RR-RC zoning district and eliminate campgrounds as a conditional use in the RR-3 zoning district, as originally proposed. 2. Based on our analysis of campground density, Preserve Burnett County believes that a density rule will not eliminate or even nominally reduce future land use conflicts. Campground location relative to existing residences and sensitive shoreland areas is at least as much of a concern as density. 3. Varying campground caps according to roadway access (hard surface Town roads vs. County roads vs. State Highways)might reduce public opposition to future RR-RC rezoning requests and related campground proposals. Thank you, as always, for your service to Burnett County and your careful consideration of these issues. Sincerely, Patrick R. Hansen, on behalf of Preserve Burnett County 1. i