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Lake Minnetonka Conservation District Board of Directors 5341 Maywood Road,Suite 200 RECEIVED Mound, MN 55364 Orono City Hall AUG 2 4 2015 City Council CITY OF ORONO 2750 Kelley Parkway Orono,MN 55356 8.21.15 LMCD Board of Directors and Orono City Council, We livINIIIMINIIM.MMMthe two residential properties owned and operated by Your Boat Club/EOF Investments located at 1440 &1442 Shoreline Dr. We are writing this letter to formally notify the LMCD and Orono City Council of the continued misuse of the subject property and are requesting your help in enforcing the regulations both agencies have put into place. The LMCD decision to approve a dock variance at the property was recently overturned by the Court of Appeals. As residents of UMMIIII we have witnesses the continued increased intensity of vehicle, boat and pedestrian traffic in the last couple years. Any plan to increase or even maintain the current level of activity at the site is not in the community's best interest. It is our opinion that both agencies - the LMCD and Orono City Council - play an important role in ensuring public safety and enforcing the regulations that have been put into place. The LMCD should be made aware that the site is currently being used to launch boats over the shoreline - on more than one occasion (See Exhibit A), slip renters are spilling gas into the lake (See Exhibit B) and PWC (owned by the landowner) are being used after the legal time (See Exhibit C). The Orono City Council should be made aware that the residentially zoned property with a CUP for "overflow parking only"continues to be misused. Examples include: parking lot has been increased by parking on the grass within feet of the Lake (See Exhibit D), use of the residential property for commercial use/storage (See Exhibit E), parking of trailers and boats on the shoulder/residential lot (See Exhibit F), expanded YBC staff use of Tanager Bay slips (Exhibit G), public urination (Exhibit H), and nighttime use of the Gazebo (Exhibit I). In reviewing the Exhibits it is exceptionally clear that there is an intentional,prolonged disregard for the conditions that have been applied to the property. We ask that both agencies take the necessary steps to enforce the conditions immediately and prioritize public safety and the neighborhood well-being. Sincerely, CC: Tim Keane, Todd Guerrero, Friends of Tanager Bay Page 1 of 12