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April 7, 2024 <br /> To: Orono City Council <br /> From: Paul Bruer& Linda Miller, 275 Hollander Road Orono, MN 55391 <br /> Re: Lydiard Lake setback variance for proposed home construction (797 Ferndale Road) <br /> Council Members, <br /> My wife Linda Miller and I have been living, caring for and attempting to preserve Orono's totally unique <br /> Lydiard Lake for thirty-three years come this September. I have served as the Minnehaha Creek <br /> Watershed District's volunteer water quality monitor for the lake for over a decade. I monthly sampled <br /> the lake water quality during those summers.According to the MHCWD reports to me, Lydiard Lake is <br /> the only body of water within 50 miles that has maintained an A/A+water quality over three decades. <br /> Lydiard Lake, in my estimation is the purest body of water in the City of Orono.,the jewel of the, "The <br /> Lakeshore City". In thirty-three years many Orono Planning Commissions and City Councils have come <br /> and gone.The proposed flag lot has come to the city administration multiple times over the years <br /> seeking a lakeshore setback/septic/driveway width, roof height and other accommodations. Your <br /> predecessors have seen fit to deny these requests. Lydiard Lake is NOT Lake Minnetonka.Your <br /> predecessors occupying three decades of Orono city councils wisely appreciated this.They preserved the <br /> unique natural lake/marsh environment of, "The Jewel of The Lakeshore City".The proposed home <br /> construction at 797 Ferndale Drive would be breaking with a more than thirty-year-old covenant by <br /> which to preserve the last pure natural environment in Orono. You can decide to break this covenant in <br /> exchange for, "The Lakeshore City's"share of the$10,000-$20,000 of Hennepin County property tax <br /> revenue. My neighbors surrounding Lydiard Lake and all those who know the history of this very special <br /> place, Linda and I strongly implore you to do the right thing, preserve the long-standing city covenant <br /> with Lake Lydiard and reject this lake setback variance and thereby this iconoclastic, disruptive and <br /> encroaching home construction project. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Paul Bruer <br /> Linda Miller <br />