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7 <br />ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD JANUARY 14, 1991 <br />LMCD SHORELAND REGULATIONS CONTINUED <br />Callahan stated that is was his belief that she would <br />attend. i % <br />Mr. Norm Paurus, who had at one time served as Chairman for <br />the LMCD, stated that the DNR and LMCD have tried over the last <br />three years to get the communities to agree to a plan. He said, <br />"The plan was a consensus. The difficulty is that the DNR, by <br />legislation, must impose their shoreline regulations. If the <br />cities have no other proposals or alternatives, they will end up <br />with the DNR regulations. The Metropolitan Council has given the <br />authority to impose them, if the cities cannot reach another <br />agreement. That is not a threat, that is a practical reality. <br />The LMCD and DNR tried as best they. could, but met with the same <br />arguments regarding development versus conservation. I believe <br />that the Orono Council is going to be compelled to make some <br />tough choices." <br />Callahan stated that he strongly felt that the LMCD should <br />not become involved in regulating the shoreline. He said, "The <br />aspect of becoming involved in shoreland management is an <br />extension of a very bad philosophy in the LMCD Plan. That seems <br />to be the opinion of a majority of governing bodies and residents <br />around the lakeshore." <br />Jabbour added that because of other bodies of water within <br />the City, that- Orono must adopt the DNR Shoreland Management <br />regulations anyway. He said, "It makes no sense for us to adopt <br />the DNB's regulations and then duplicate that by adopting the <br />LMCD Plan for Lake Minnetonka. We feel that is repetitious and a <br />waste of our time. If the City finds no philosophical <br />differences between our existing regulations and the DNR's, we <br />can adopt them for the entire City and be done with it_" <br />Bernhardson stated that Councilmember Jabbour's earlier <br />question regarding approval from adjacent cities does require <br />further research. He said, "There is a question as to whether it <br />is a vote of LMCD from the adjacent municipality that constitutes <br />an acceptable substitute for such approval. There is also a <br />question, if we were to proceed separately, whether the DNR's <br />interpretation of all 14 communities constitute adjacent <br />municipalities that are impacted by the variances." <br />Jabbour said, "I would be willing to know the answers as <br />soon as possible. Is there a diversion between our existing code <br />and that of the DNB's? Are we going to be asking f,Dr <br />exceptions ?" <br />Bernhardson stated that he has been working with Jeanne <br />Mabusth and .Michael Gaffron in reviewing the shoreland <br />regulations. <br />Mom <br />