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act: <br />-8 <br />! • <br />I; <br />Resolution No, 1028 Page 2 <br />t . <br />3, The present channel depth of less than half that required in the permit constitutes an obstruction to <br />navigation by the public. <br />4, Current DNR rules as a matter of general policy <br />disfavor dredging and channeling in public'waters but <br />n^ke express exception for maintenance dredging of <br />chcinnels to existing boat harbors, 6 MCAR 1,5022 B,2,b,, <br />and further reflect a policy to protect the existing <br />natural character of public waters and their existing <br />shorelands, 6 MCAR 1.5022 A. <br />5, Tlie Council has repeatedly made findings that any <br />dredging is detrimental to the lake, but previous <br />dredging permits have been approved by the City Council <br />for maintenance of riparian rights. While the applicant <br />has other riparian shore, the shoreline is extremely <br />shallow requiring an unusually long dock to reach <br />navigable water depth. Use of the harbor for boat <br />docking rather than construction of a long dock on the <br />shallows lakeward from other riparian access of the <br />applicant mitigates intrusion of visible man-made <br />improvements on the lake and avoids a navigational <br />impairment on the main lake, <br />6, The existing harbor and channel constitute a pre­ <br />existing non-conforming use and the request for <br />maintenance dredging therefore constitutes maintenance <br />of a non-conforming use rather than its enlargement or <br />replacement and therefore complies with City ordinances <br />governing non-conforming uses. <br />7, The applicant proposes to accomplish the dredging <br />by means o^f suction dredging with on-site dir >osal or <br />clam shell dredging with off-site disposal. <br />A, Freshwater Biological Research Foundation report <br />on dredging in Lafayette Bay, I.ake. Minnetonka, dated <br />October 30, 1978, states that "clearly, suction <br />dredging for channel maintenance is muchMLess deleterjou^ <br />to the body of water than traditional dredging practices <br />i\