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\ <br />TO:Planning Commission <br />FROM:Alan P. Olson, Village Planner <br />DATE:July 17, 1978 <br />SUBJECT: Emergency Shoreline Protection <br />Due to the extremely high water situation on Lake Minnetonka, many <br />people have experienced severe flooding, lakeshore erosion, shoreline <br />undermining and other related problems. Rip rapping has disappeared <br />or been flooded over, banks have washed out, much debris is entering <br />the lake and additional shoreland is threatened by continued high water <br />and wave action. <br />Because of this emergency situation, the City Council on July 11, 1978 <br />authorized the staff to issue permits for emergency rip rapping and, <br />where necessary, retaining walls or other shoreline stabilization. <br />The purpose is one of preventing further harm to the shoreline and to <br />the lake. No tree removal, unusual hardcover or unnecessary construction <br />is included. <br />Consequently, normal rip rapping applications are reviewed on an on-the-spot <br />basis and will not be sent to the Planning Commission. The City Council <br />will review staff permits after-the-fact. <br />The City Council has also directed staff to draft a revision to the <br />City Ordinances to provide for such typical and/or emergency permits <br />to be Issued by staff on a permanent basis. <br />cc; Iftr. Walter R. Benson