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Commons??h\ lhan Hutius'LteAnn Sanna Dean Hanus owns a nice piece »>f lakohore on Phdps ay in Mouml Actu.illy. he doesn’t »)\vn the lakesh(>re. ; abuts a narrow strip «»f "commons property" positioned ctween his lot and the lake. In light of the recent newspaper amcles regarding commons. I asked Dean some que.s- tions about the diffi- c u I t I e s a s s <> c i a t e d With living next to c o m m o n s propeny Hanu« on hi« Commons pfoporty Q. Whatodrict nvuidfou offer to people pnsiiuty livia^ coitiftions or in the process of huxint* eofontofts lake shore? A. Well, today I w«»ultjn’i recommend it. at least n»ic until the program can be revamped arwi updated The commons program as it now stands is heavily skewed against the abutting «mners Wee are required to maintain thi.% suppitsed "public !anvl" n »*ur own expense The general public has no responsibility for it whatsoever The Cits olsit places severe restrictuins on how we can use it Moreover, the vitv council has adopted a Win-Laise iMerpretatHin of the local ordinarKCs con«.erning repatn or impruvemems to the many structures existing on these larsds m«*sf of these improvements have existed h«f gmrraiiom As a rcMiit »»f not being aWe to maintain the structures, they Me tailing into dorepaii and turnit^ mn* eye-ences Tht* backward thinking «i4 onls hum the osetaii value **f •»ui ptoperttes. it wreaies a dai^ertme situjiiiui l»»f anv«»n« wh*i muvi uiiiure thnee situciures. whether they are decks. hoathiwMeh stairwairs The prtKess makes absofulely m* seme' Pievervtng some lakeshi»re hn the hewefii aad mn of the general piddK n m admirable foal However, ht achieve that foil, you mwsi ht dMe lo mauiiatfi ttkee* Umti widhiwi plA^'hf rtke fWaim.tal hwrvlmi on a few vainct ntJsvtJush. II e . the abwnmg tamhwewersi M .ml hae I* etther me (I. Art' you thinking of selling? \, No I he com n»»ns item, as bail a.s it is. can be fixed. It’s a difficult tavK. considering the con.stam roadhiock.s and hassles the city places on abutting commons owner's, but it’s an opponunity tor me to make a difference. Q. Where do you want to go from here? A. We definitely need to see some big changes in the commtins program, .\lany iif us have offered suggestums already but they haven’t been warmly received One of the originators of the commons program said recently that the program was never intended to remain etched-in-.stone It would need to he periodically updated, adtusted and revised to tit the needs of the public at large, as well as the abutting owners NV hat other ^ity requires a limned and select group of homeowners t** maimain public parkland «Hit of their own p**ckets ‘’ The city should be maintaining tliese pafvcls and paving for it through their taxing 3uth4irity. n<»f forcing the abutting owners to t*HH the bill themselves I really do think that new representation would make a world of difference in .Mound The current leadership has forced a situatum on the residents that cinild easily have been avoided The city is currently facing one civU law.vuit regarding their mismanagement of the comnujiB, with others sure to toilt>w This is costing big bucks k angers me. and it should upset every Ntound tax paver because we are tiseing the bill. Dtun xtiJl ft,Is p,rjufute ut hr living on fyfy Minnetonka and it tZVi u> makr hu pin r of it htok as pmni as possthie. Ht\ pnihlrmy nith City Natl cominitt, hut he is Hilline to crvrpiomur He surt. “There are all kinds of tdtrrnaiivrs- Long-term uaw agreements shnmU he esphered, as \%Hi us smamm of inaccessihie and part eh Get .umr of u im the tOM rnfts ttftmr if hrkmgs.. t\rnmnr i^tntld htriefit Ath/ice from s lamioeenet Abuttii*^ the Conimorts. . o tm» •• Uwyvvf • ham* mm CORUeufee mt ernummem ww yrm 6#* X f9^ |ya mmi • •muimwmrn W / rmm Ml f m ^ ffk# Ml Cl ir# fo w0m < Mi t eXl f^ik # igMMM m Mm ^9 ^ T 0 % w n JJ