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fe- RBSOLOTIOII DIRBCTIM6 STAFF TO I880B A J0I8T 08B DOCK LICBH8B TO FBBA8AMT LAIN B0NB0IMBII8 ASSOCIATION SUBJECT TO C0NDITI0M8 NOTBD BBRBIB FOR THB PBRIOO OF HOVBNBBR 23, 1992 TO DBCBNBBR 31, 1993 NRBRXAS, the City of Orono, hereinafter "City” is a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota and has the authority and responsibility under Minnesota Statutes, State Statute 412, et. seq. and State Statute 462, et. seq., to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City and other members of the public within the City; and WHBRBA8, the City shares concurrent jurisdiction over the primary harbor limit of the City of Orono with the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District and the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Minnesota; and NHBRBA8, the regulation of the navigable waters involves an exercise of police power of the State, LMCD, and the City of Orono, all of which have adopted rules to ensure to all equal enjoyment of the public rights and equal protection from activity on or near the public waters and on the land within the City which, if unregulated, may be detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare; and NBBRXAS, the regulations of the DNR, LMCD, and the City of Orono regulate the property rights of the riparian o%#ners both as to residential owners and the commercial marina owners to the extent prohibiting any interference with the public waters adjoining their property. The LMCD, DNR and City of Orono must fulfill their trusteeship over the public waters by protecting against interference by anyone, including those who assert tne common law rights of riparian o%mers, whether or not they be commercial marinas or residential owners; NBBRBAS, as to Lake Minnetonka, a mutual right of enjoyment •xists between and is shared by riparian otmers and the public generally, no one riparian o%mer has exclusive privileges over Lake Minnetonka. The only additional private right that any riparian owner may have over the public generally is to construct one dock to the navigable depth of the public waters. There can be no dispute but that the public generally and each riparian owner to Lake Minnetonka has the right to use the entire surface area of Lake Minnetonka for all suitable purposes in common with all other riparian owners. This right is a right not only to members of the public but the right to each riparian o%#ner. Page 1 of 2