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r M' LINDQUIST & VENNUM p.llp. Mr. Kevin W. DeVore August 13, 1997 Page 2 was made. Please do not make the common error of assuming that the assignment of real estate tax identification numbers is definitive as to either Orono ordinance compliance or ownership of the land itself. You will find that the Orono subdivision process is authorized by Minnesota Statute Chapter 462, whereas the assignment of real estate tax identification numbers by the Hennepin County Assessor is governed by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 272. While there are some linkages between the two systems, each one does proceed independently under its own statutory procedure. The Registrar of Titles involvement is to register title and establish ownership. Finally, permit me to reiterate that Conley Brooks, jr. is now, has been and continues to be interested in working with the Floyd family to work out a suitable, legal. proper and workable dock plan for the Floyds. The assignment of real estate tax identification numbers is a small part of the real problem. Let me define the real problem. The real problem with the existing, ambiguous situation is that at worst the Floyds have no legal storage rights on Lake Minnetonka for docks and boats; and at best they have a one-half interest in a 20 foot parcel. New to the scene (circa 1959) is the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District and its jurisdiction over docks on Lake Minnetonka. As I have indicated to you, the LMCD ordinances generally require 10 foot side setbacks for docks, but in some instances those setbacks may be only 5 feet. In the former case, a 20 foot parcel would not be usable at all; in the later circumstance, there would be 10 feet of usable space in the middle of a 20 foot parcel. In addition, the 20 foot parcel is some distance from the Floyds' house and the City of Orono frowns upon that sort of access EB01;9234SI 1 * tf