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* <br />■■ <br />J- <br />:>:4' <br />tei'- ■ * <br />t, 7/10/1992 <br />rv! <br />n-^HW«»=^r ( V- ,w - <br />:#’■ >■ <br />TOS ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />WE ARE WRITING TO TPPOSE THE AVERAGE LAKESHORE SETBACK VARIANCE #1753 <br />FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 875 FOREST ARMS LANE, REQUESTED BY SKIP <br />MADGE. <br />^ "v <br />1> SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGING ALTERATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE <br />AT THIS PROPERTY; <br />A) NEARLY ALL OF THE TREES BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SHORE­ <br />LINE HAVE BEEN CUT. THIS INCLUDES TREES THAT WERE WELL <br />WITHIN THE 75» SETBACK. <br />THE SHORELINE HAS BEEN MODIFIED EXTENSIVELY WITH GRAVEL <br />HARDCOVER AND RIP-RAP TO ACCOMMODATE A UNREASONABLE NUMBE-: <br />OF WATERCRAFT. <br />THE MAIN CHANNEL INTO THIS AREA HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY <br />WIDENED WITH A POWER DREDGER. <br />POWER PLANT HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO PULL. LAKE WATER FOR <br />LAWN IRRIGATION. «PUMP HOUSE HAS BEEN ADDED) <br />:i 2) ALL THE ABOVE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE WITHIN THE PROTECTED 75' <br />' LAKESHORE SETBACK <br />^ r*') <br />D) <br />*v • <br />3> WHEN FOREST ARMS LAME WAS EXTENDED FROM THE AREA OF 915/920 FOREST <br />ARMS LANE EAST, AND THE DIRT TRAIL WAS BLACKTOPPED, NATURAL DRAINAGE <br />FROM THE ROAD TO LAKE MINNETONKA WAS PROVIDED FOR. THIS NATURAL DRAI­ <br />NAGE WAS TO PROVIDE FILTRATION FOR RUNOFF GOING TO THE LAKE. THIS <br />NATURAL WATER WAY ALLOWED FOP FILTRATION, AND REPLENISHMENT OF THE <br />SUBTERRiANEAN AQUIFER, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN LINED WITH CEMENT CONVERTING <br />THE WATERWAY TO'* MINI "LOS ANGELES RIVER". THIS UNNATURAL CEMENT <br />WATERWAY WILL ACCELERATE THE WATER IT CARRIES, AND ADD TO THE RUNuFF <br />AND SILTATION PROBLEM FOR LAKE MINNETONKA.. ALL THE NATURAL FILTRATION <br />HAS BEEN DONE AWAY WITH. <br />4) EXTENSIVE HARD COVER HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED TO THE PROPERTY IN <br />QUESTION WITH THE ADDITION OF EXTRA CONCRETE PARKING SPACES. <br />THE HARD COVER INCREASE REQUESTED BY THE ADDITION OF A SWIMMING POOL <br />AND PATIO ONLY ADDS FURTHER INJURY TO THE DAMAGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN <br />DONE TO THE SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA. PLEASE PROTECT THE 75' <br />SETBACK AREA OF LAKE MINNETONKA. <br />Bogor L, Mwiklaa <br />920 Forest Araie Lane <br />Mound, Minnesota 65864 <br />‘. <br />J MU \J •. <br />. /ft/Lah <br />/nou^hn^ S'bZ-Ly <br />JUL 1 4 1992 <br />ifv:. <br />% <br />m <br />■-k', <br />j,'-V <br />n V <br />imwm j-i <br />< ■ f