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RESOLUTION # 670 • A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE UNITED STATES CORPS OF ENGINEERS REGULATIONS ON LAKE MINNETONKA AND SUPPORTING LEGAL ACTION BY THE LAKE MINNETONKA CON- SERVATION DISTRICT TO CHALLENGE THE AUTHORITY OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS WHEREAS, the City of Orono has spent considerable time in formulating dock ordinances and marina licensing to regulate docks and marinas abutting Lake Minnetonka, and WHEREAS, current dock regulations control the public use of Lake Minnetonka and try to balance the equities between our residents who live near the lake and our inland residents who also have rights to use the lake, and WHEREAS, the United States Corps of Engineers has proposed that said federal agency has authority to regulate docks and other activities on Lake Minnetonka and that said authority is superior to present agencies who regulate and control activities, namely the State of Minnesota (DNR), Minnehaha Watershed District, Lake Minnetonka Conservation District and each local community abutting the lake, and WHEREAS, the members of this Council have received complaints • from a large number of our citizens who strongly oppose federal regulations on Lake Minnetonka because they feel these proposed regulations are not needed and that the control of the lake is presently in the hands of the governmental units best able to obtain input from citizens and the people who are the most capable of protecting this great natural resource, and WHEREAS, the present rules and regulations of the state and local governments plus the special governmental units formed to protect the lake, adequately and inexpensively manage Lake Minnetonka, and WHEREAS, the United States Corps of Engineers' proposals to regulate matters involving Lake Minnetonka results in an expensive duplication of responsibility and is not needed or desired to protect the lake. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORONO, MINNESOTA: 1. The Corps of Engineers is requested to withdraw any and all of its proposed regulations and any jurisdiction over Lake Minnetonka. 2. That Lake Minnetonka is presently adequately managed and regulated by the State of Minnesota, County of Hennepin and local governmental agencies. C�