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Lake Minnetonka Conservation District <br /> Regular Board Meeting <br /> June 9, 2004 Page 3 <br /> summary of the watercraft to be stored at the dock, adding that she and her husband owned them all. She <br /> stated that she had spent a great deal of money to bring this dock into compliance with the rules. <br /> Foster asked if the applicant had a deicing license for the dock. <br /> Harper stated that this site has had a deicing license the past two winters. <br /> Scanlon asked if the efforts made by staff were out of the ordinary to bring residential dock into compliance <br /> with Code. <br /> Nybeck stated that staff makes the effort to identify non-compliant docks during shoreline inventories <br /> conducted every two years. When docks are obviously not complying with Code, which was the case in this <br /> situation, staff works with the public to bring it into compliance voluntarily. He stated that this is a prime <br /> example where a dock installer installed an illegal dock and the Board might want to discuss whether it would <br /> make sense to license dock installers to hold them accountable for their work. <br /> Babcock asked Ms. Zebeck if she was comfortable with the restriction of the City of Orono that all of the <br /> watercraft be owned and registered to the residents of the site. <br /> Zebeck stated that she was comfortable with that restriction. <br /> Mr. Bob Wolf, 4450 Forest Lake Landing, stated that he was concerned about operations that take place <br /> during the winter rather than the summer. The seasonal dock is left in place 12 months a year and he <br /> expressed concern about the deicing activities occurring at this site. He was primarily concerned about how <br /> the deicing activity was creating safety concerns for the public because of open water outside of fencing. <br /> Foster stated that deicing that occurs during the winter has been a concern of the LMCD and there has been <br /> some discussion about not allowing deicing at residential seasonal docks that could be removed. He pointed <br /> out that deicing sites are required to maintain fencing that is lit that and is within the authorized dock use area <br /> for the site. He stated that he believed further review of the ordinance relating to deicing would take place yet <br /> this summer. He suggested that the Board could approve the multiple dock license application and place a <br /> condition on it that would prohibit deicing at this site. <br /> Nybeck commented on deicing at the Zebeck site this past winter. There were some problems originally at <br /> this site because the Zebecks were out of town and the dock installer was not adequately supervising the <br /> deicing activity. These problems included fencing, signage, and lighting. Staff communicated these concerns <br /> to the Zebecks and they were addressed and resolved through a subsequent inspection. He pointed out that <br /> this was one of the sites where staff has communicated to the Board the trend that deicing permits were <br /> being issued to larger seasonal that were not being removed, primarily because of economics. He suggested <br /> that the Board might want to focus its discussion on the multiple dock license application rather than deicing <br /> activity at this site. <br /> Babcock stated that he believed it was reasonable to have the new multiple dock license application comply <br /> with the existing deicing ordinance. If deicing occurs outside the authorized dock use area for this site, the <br /> applicant should be aware that this is a problem and that staff could turn off the bubbling equipment if <br />