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PHONc NO <br />M STATE OF <br />^DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />WATERS, 1200 WARNER ROAD. ST. PAUL, <br />(612) 772-7916 <br />MN bSlO <br />December 28, 1992 ISO': <br />The Honorable Barbara Peterson <br />Mayor, City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 164 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />Dear Mayor Peterson: <br />DEC 2 9 :992 <br />REVIEW AND COMMENT ON CITY OF VICTORIA'S REQUEST FOR FLEXIBILITY <br />FROM STATE OF MINNESOTA'S SHORELAITD MANAGEMENT STANDARDS <br />As required by the statewide shoreland management standards, the <br />Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR; <br />and the City of Victoria are hereby notifying your city of <br />Victoria's request for flexibility from the statewide standards as <br />outlined below, and in the enclosure prepared by the city's <br />consultant. In accordance with the rules, the Comaissioner and the <br />city must solicit the input and approval of other governmental <br />bodies that could be affected or impacted by the alternate <br />controls. The city and the DNR are asking that your city provide <br />its review and comments, if any, to either DNR or the city within <br />45 days of the date of this letter. If no response is received <br />prior to then, we will assume that your cit^ has no concerns with <br />the neighboring city's proposal. <br />The City of Victoria is requesting flexibility from the following <br />statewide standards: <br />1. Lot width, <br />2. Lot area, <br />3. Building height, <br />4. Residential density, <br />5. Impervious surface, <br />6. Top of the bluff, and <br />7. Decks - additions/expansions to nonconforming structures. <br />Please note that only items 3, 6, and 7 apply to Lake Minnetonka <br />shorela.nd areas while the others apply to the other 15 lake and <br />river shorelands within tho city's corporate limits. <br />Since the city's request is complex, a thorough discussion of this <br />request is attached for you and/or your staff to review. <br />Victoria's consultant has presented the above requests for review <br />and discussion by DNR ard representatives of 11 Lake Minnetonka <br />cities who are working toiother as a Technical Review Conoittee for <br />the purpose of revie'-ir | and discussing individual city's <br />flexibility requests affscting Lake Minnetonka. No problems with <br />the city's request have t*;en noted at any of those meetings. <br />AH eOwAt OPPORTUNITY EMPtOYfH