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PUBLIC HEARING HELD REGARDING DNR'S PROPOSED LAKE ACCESS <br />ON MAXWELL BAY <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL - JANUARY 6, 1992 <br />wanted to live on Lake Minnetonka and has recently purchased a <br />home on the lake, but during the years has watched all these <br />changes in and around the lake and wonders about the future. He <br />felt the DNR does not have the right to use taxpayer money to <br />manage the lake in a manner not agreeable to the taxpayers. He <br />urged the Council to join with other surrounding communities to <br />fight against this mismanagement. He suggested that there should <br />be no additional funding for public access and any money <br />available should be used to help solve existing problems. <br />Pat Gonion, 3186 North Shore Drive, noted they just purchased <br />their home and prior to that, her husband contacted the DNR to <br />inq>>ire about Maxwell Bay and they never mentioned a proposed <br />boat launch. ° <br />Jabbour explained he has been working with a nation -wide group <br />called the Clean Water Action which is concerned about the <br />environmental quality of water. He suggested the group help to <br />introduce legislation which will put a moratorium on any public <br />access for 5 years and defer the funds for research on the zebra <br />mussel. <br />Jabbour pointed out that most people in attendance 'have been <br />before the Council requesting a variance of some sort, and have <br />been asked by the Council to modify their lifestyle to comply <br />with the ordinances. He felt the DNR should be asked to do the <br />same. <br />Castagna reiterated that the LMLOA is working very hard for <br />lakeshore homeowners and the LMLOA needs the support of every one <br />of them: He urged all lakeshore owners to join the organization. <br />Ginny Lee, Aitkin, Minnesota, urged citizens to join the State <br />organizations who are working for them. <br />David Dotzenroth, .3225 Casco Circle, noted that they should be <br />concerned with the loss of tourism with the spread of milfoil and <br />zebra mussels, and noted that if that base is lost, all would be <br />paying a larger portion through taxes. <br />0 <br />