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West Shore Lafayette Bay Association <br />2440 Old Beach Road <br />Dredging <br />Pg 6 <br />^ Ji.o <br />Dr, Wood's letter dated January 16, 1978 explained procedures of <br />supervision as follows: <br />\\ b }, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA <br />* IWINCITILS <br />r'osl ’A/.itef Biological Institute <br />CoUvgc of Biological Sciences <br />P O Box 100 <br />County Roads 15 and 19 <br />Navarre. Minnesota 55392 <br />January 16. 1978 <br />L <br />i <br />.'•1 i <br />* 'itrit*4 <br />Mr. Earl Sween <br />2440 Old Beach Road <br />Wayzata, MN 55391 <br />Dear Mr. Sween: <br />1 have read over the proposed dredging plan outlined by Mr. Novak <br />and I am convinced that this project should work effectively <br />meeting all guidllnes set down by the various State and Federal <br />Agencies. <br />I visualize our role as the following: <br />(a) We can retain the effluent water from the dredge in the <br />Institute wetlands by temporarily sealing off the culvert which <br />goes under Old Beach Road. <br />(b) For this small quantity of dredge we anticipate that water <br />level in the Institute wetlands will only be elevated by a <br />few inches. <br />(c) We shall conduct daily determinations of the nitrogen and <br />phosphorus levels in the wetland and release the water into Lake <br />Minnetonka when phosphorus and nitrogen values fall to the pre­ <br />dredging levels. <br />(d) Fiske-Subbarrow and Micro-KJeldahl methods will be used for <br />phosphorus and nitrogen determinations respectively. <br />(e) We expect that the West Lafayette Bay Association will foot <br />the bill to lime and landscape the spoils area by seeding and <br />planting suitable trees after the project is completed. <br />•i rricA *.«.