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7 ADDENDUM/LETTER TO APPLICATION OF RICHARD H SPEETER 7 e real estate ta, and described ructed in August, ate. Arm of Lake long the water's hwesterly direc on. This lagoon proximately 200 ed by my neigh- n is attached at time, the r»e 6, 1967, by provided for from the lagoon iding 25 feet esignated that ilities.". )ticed that at 1 been placed to F the lagoon to time, the cul- following nine clear this cul- designated. I /low. I have observed iwly erode and fly 5 feet in Mw ic RHriiard H Soeeter. and I have owned the real estate located^at 659 Minnetonka Highland Lane, Orono, Minnesota, and described In the Ap5lt«tion since isll. Hy rf ’ 1974, and I have resided at that residence since that date. My lot is situated on the east side of the North Arm Lake Minnetonka in Orono, Minnesota. A portion of my land along the "jLer s edge forms a peninsula, which juts or extends in a southwesterly direc- tiL from the main body of land, thereby fonning a lagoon. lagoon aie?aaerapp?oximately 45 feet in width, and extends approximately 200 feet ^ A portion of the land formintj this lagoon is °”ood by my neig bors, James and Diane Henninger, whose joint Application is attached hereto. When 1 bought my lot, which was undeveloped at that time, the developer provided me with a copy of a Permit issued June ^ the Minnesota Department of Conservation. This Permit provided Jor the excavation and removal of sili and other materials from the ^^goon described above "to a depth of 4 feet over an area extending 25 feet lakeward from 200 feet of shoreline 5 ^ this was for the purpose of "improving navigational facilities. . Shortly after my purchase of the lot in 1971, ^ '^°Liced Lhat at the northerly or closed end of the lagoon, a culvert had been piac .^DDSsedirp^rmit a flow of water from the closed end of the lagoon to thp main bodv of water in the North Arm. Even at that time, the cul v";rt n?ied wuJ silJ and earthen debris Over the foUowtng n.ne_ years I have made a number of attempts to clean out or clear this cul ^IJt to permit the flow of water which was intended and cesignated. was never able to clean this culvert to permit water to flow. Since 1 have resided in the residence since 1974, 1 have observed the banks of land forming the interior of the lagoon slowly erode and the plflMx ylr?s Savo wa^HeS Into the lagoon fron, the entire per.ceter of the lagoon. As a result of the plugged culvert, and as a ;;«ult of the wash from the banks, the lagoon has become very muddy and stagnant. In late IZer a q?ren slin.e forms over the water, and a stench develops A niiinber ’of trees have fallen into the lagoon because of the erosion. 1 have walked in the lagoon and would estimate that the bed of lagoon Jon^Us of Ipproximately 2 - 3 feet of loose silt and mud. As one walks out of the lagoon toward the main lake, the bed becomes firmer and more sandy. In order to keep the lagoon navigational V^o-^aT^he erosion, it became clear that two steps were nec system where- entire interior shoreline of the the lagoon throughby water can enter the lagoon from its mouth and leave j a channel or opening at its closed end. In late September, 1980, my '^^’«bbor. James Henninger, commenced rip-rap of the lagoon banks. Much of th