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ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 10, 1990 LMCD REPORT CONTINUED Callahan stated that he and Nettles had met with JoEllen • Hurr, Gene Strommen and Bob Rascop to discuss the report. He said, "I think it is fair to say that the new report is better than the old one, particularly in regard to clarity. A number of the items noted in our letter have been addressed with better organization and clarity. The report now clarifies the views of the individual LMCD Board members. I think they should be congratulated for their response to the input from the various cities. However, Allan and I still do not think that the report should be adopted. It is very difficult to explain all of the reasons why. I would say that this plan is an LMCD .plan only in the sense that they gathered the people to make the plan. It is a plan that has been made and developed because of a request from a Metropolitan Council task force. It is not at all certain what the plan does, other than being an expression of the views of the various members. I don't know what the impact, authority or meaning of the plan is other than to say that this is a good report to have. I believe it is very difficult for individual cities to adopt the plan because of the uncertainty of what they are adopting in relation to authority from other governmental bodies. Moreover, it is focused upon, and starts with the premise that this is a plan that the whole system of government related to the lake, think would be an overall, broad plan. In my opinion, the LMCD adopting the plan compromises a number of views that would not have been compromised had the LMCD started • with their own plan. The plan seems to fall back on the authority of the Metropolitan Council. When I say that it misses the LMCD's point of view, as an agency, I think it necessarily fails to involve a focus on the pollution and aesthetic aspects of the lake at the expense of some other things. For example, I believe that the plan ought to state what the reasonable limit on the lake is. I myself think it should be what has been suggested by other State agencies, which is 10 acres per boat. The plan should set clear ideas to mind as to how they will proceed if that in fact is the standard. The plan still strongly focuses on the recreational activities of the lake as a goal of the LMCD. It sets forth the expectation that there will be a number of parks around the lake. However, it does not focus on what the LMCD's response is to how those recreational activities will impact the lake. I am opposed to the giving of the any kind of authority, review and comment authority, to the LMCD over the shoreland management. I believe Mr. Nettles opposes this also. I would be willing to cooperate only so far as to provide a copy of shoreland actions taken by the City to the LMCD once they have occurred. The terms review and comment are very vague and I don't know where it will lead. I am also not in favor of the tax increase, because I do not support the items for which the funds would be used. I do no believe that there should be additional, non -city members added to the LMCD Board. Finally, because this - 2 - 0