01-06-1992 Council Minutes Hearing Maxwell Bay Lake Access

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:i PUBLIC HEARING HELD REGARDING DNR'S PROPOSED LAKE ACCESS ON MAXWELL BAY ORONO CITY COUNCIL - ?JANUARY 6, 1992 Mark Brenneman, General Manager of North Shore Drive Marina and a resident of Spring Park, explained that Hennepin County Highway Department closed a curb cut to the marina due to a safety concern. -He felt citizens should contact the Highway Department as the Highway Department will not allow additional use of the access to the property. He stated the DNR is a very mismanaged group. Jennifer Dotzenroth, 3225 Casco Circle, noted that if this issue is any Andication of how entities that govern manage the lakes, citizens should be very concerned. She felt.-that citizens of Lake Minnetonka should set a precedence and take this issue .to the State level if needed. Pat Wolf, resident of Medina and lives on Lake Independence. She indicated that she is currently the vice president of Minnesota Lake Management Federation and has served on,every task force involving the milfoil issue. She stated she was instrumental in getting legislation introduced making it a misdemeanor to transport milfoil, which the DNR never supported. After a year, the DNR was forced to comply by doing road checks. She stated that legislation is currently being written with the input from the Steering Committee which will try to better protect the lakes, not just close accesses as some persons believe. She advised that these organizations need support from the public and directed property owners to be responsible and get civically involved. Debbie Brenneman, Spring Park, charged that StateLegislators are not being held accountable for anything that happens on or, around the lake: She suggested contacting the Highway Department; State Legislators, LMCD, and even the Governor to express local concerns. She stated that after reading the mandate by the DNR, she concurred that marinas and rental slips should be counted as public access. She noted there is,no dollar figure attached to access in the mandate. She felt that if the local officials had stopped what was happening at Lakeside Marina, they would not even be.there for the meeting. Jabbour directed that 'credit should be given to Representative Smith and Gen Olson as they have attended many meetings on this issue. Brenneman asked what the Council planned to do to stop this project. Mayor Peterson reiterated that the Council will discuss.this issue in executive session with the City Attorney to review options available to the Council. Jabbour advised that this issue is bigger than just one landing 7