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| v- ■ <br />W <br />. REGULAR MEETING OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 7, 1983 Page -5 <br />/• t m <br />1^ <br />wmmm <br />i <br />: J <br />'■{■. ■•:. ■ *7- - ’ <br />>■ <br />t: <br />^ • -vj-i <br />i;[ <br />H-ls*f <br />This issue is just the one the DNR has been waiting <br />for so they can justify their claim that local <br />residents want Lake Minnetonka to be a private <br />lake. The Task Force has eyed the vacant Hamm <br />property here at Molly's Corner. I have <br />discouraged this because the parking area is here <br />now. But if the neighbors close this, if they <br />don't get together and keep local control, I <br />predict that DNR will come in and take it without <br />regard for the City or the neighbors or traffic <br />safety or anything. <br />- ■ "a <br />Mr. Berg has just spent half an hour demonstrating <br />that no one really knew who owned what, for as long <br />as I have been on the lake this area has been <br />publicly used. The City must take a stand. We <br />need to find some way to protect this area and <br />others, to maintain access to the lake that has <br />been publicly used for so long. As for part of the <br />parking lot being on railroad right of way, when I <br />was Mayor I had many meetings where the railroad <br />said they might abandon this track. If they do <br />this parking area and the right of way would fit <br />together perfectly as a trail and access to the <br />fishing area on Tanager Lake. <br />‘ a i • <br />Ik ' .. . . . .■*- <br />v::* <br />I:: A- <br />-/■'y;:' V i-"., .s - :>-’v <br />. uM-y ..mUM <br />Mrs. Linda Capp, 1465 Pox Street who lives just <br />north of the property stated that she felt it did <br />not matter to the DNR, the City, and the fisherman <br />that her property is littered with beer bottles, <br />trash, and other items, that it did not matter that <br />she had to keep her own son away from this place <br />because of the people threatening him, she also <br />stated that these people will grab her dog and <br />request that she pay to get it back. She says she <br />knows she should not do this but she does. <br />§mm <br />I-mi <br />mMm-i <br />% <br />my.\ ■I <br />- - y .4 <br />Mrs. Capp complained that she doesn't see anyone <br />taking care of the area. I think we must work <br />together to clean it up. Control of the area is <br />out of hand. Last winter the County plowed the <br />area and maintained it beautifully but this year <br />it is not a pleasant place for the people %#ho use <br />it. There is a junk car there since December. In <br />1980, the contractor for the Areola Bridge used <br />the area for his sandblasting equipment. <br />Somebody must take responsibility for the area. <br />I think it should be Gregory. <br />Van Nest stated he felt the property should be kept <br />as is and the City should take the responsibility <br />of maintaining it and regulating use of it. <br />A