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‘^Y L <br />^#^/10/1992WH,: <br />' TO: ORONQ PLANNING COMMISSION <br />VK, <br />^,v UE ARE WRITING TO OPPOSE THE AVERAGE LA! ESHORE SETBACK VARIANCE H17<=■. ■? <br />m ^ .iPFOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 075 FOREST ARMS LANE, REQUESTED BY SKIP <br />li#.-/..-- MADQE • <br />b:» <br />SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGING ALTERATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE <br />HF at THIS PROPERTY? <br />A) NEARLY ALL OF THE TREES BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SHORE­ <br />LINE HAVE BEEN CUT. THIS INCLUDES TREES THAT WERE WELL <br />WITHIN THE 75^ SETBACK. <br />THE SHORELINE HAS BEEN MODIFIED EXTENSIVELY WITH GRAVEL <br />HARDCOVER AND RIP-RAP TO ACCOMMODATE A UNREASONABLE NUMBER <br />OF WATERCRAFT. <br />THE MAIN CHANNEL INTO THIS AREA HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY <br />WIDENED WITH A POWER DREDGER. <br />POWER PLANT HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO PULL LAKE WATER FOR <br />LAWN IRRIGATION. (PUMP HOUSE HAS BERN ADDED' <br />C> <br />D> <br />ALL THE ABOVE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE WITHIN THE PROTECTED “7*=* ft sJ <br />LAKESHORE SETBACK <br />3> WHEN FOREST ARMS LANE WAS EXTENDED FROM THE AREA OF 915/920 FOREST <br />LANE EAST, AND THE DIRT TRAIL WAS BLACKTOPPED. NATURAL DRAINAGE <br />THE ROAD TO LAKE MINNETONKA WAS PROVIDED FOR. THIS NATURAL DRAI- <br />'HME WAS TO PROVIDE FILTRATION FOR RUNOFF GOING TO THE LAKE. THIS <br />5.4 natural WATER WAY ALLOWED FOR FILTRATION, AND REPLENISHMENT OF THE <br />til SUBTERRANEAN AQUIFER, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN LINED WITH CEMENT CONVERTING <br />i^pHE WATERWAY TO * MINI "LOS ANGELES RIVER". THIS UNNATURAL CEMENT <br />WATERWAY WILL ACCELERATE THE WATER IT CARRIES, AND ADD TO THE RUNOFF <br />SILTATION PROBLEM FOR LAKE MINNETONKA.. ALL THE NATURAL FILTRATION <br />i'tHAS BEEN DONE AWAY WITH. <br />. <br />r/EXTENSIVE HARD COVER HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED TO THE PROPERTY <br />& <br />QUESTION WITH THE ADDITION OF EXTRA CONCRETE PARKING SPACES. <br />fe#AN0 PATIO ONLY ADDS FURTHER INJURY TO THE DAMAGE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN <br />THE HARD COVER INCREASE REQUESTED BY THE ADDITION OF A SWIMMING POOL <br />^^DONE TO THE SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA. PLEASE PROTECT THE 75' <br />SETBACK AREA OF LAKE MINNETONKA. <br />'-4* <br />JbMiaa <br />*** Ara» iiaoa <br />U<mA, SB8«4 <br />■ .. _i L- <br />Sb'i^y <br />JUL 1 4 1992 <br />.1 <br />1