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January 31,1990 <br />City of Orono — . <br />P.C5. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br />I wish to impress on you the urgency of the Stubbs Bay Municipal Sewer Project. I have <br />attended several information meetings on the subject and I do not see the level of positive <br />participation that the city requires to proceed with this project. <br />Accordini r, 1988, fiftyline to the Stubbs Bay Alternative Waste Management Study of February, <br />percent or all of the waste processing systems in the study area arc substandard. This is a <br />frightfully high number of violating waste s)^tcms and the problem is compounded by the <br />close proximity of Lake Minnetonka. <br />As shov a in recent years with the Eurasian Water Milfoil, a problem for the lake becomes <br />a community problem. We arc part of that problem. According to the Gray Freshwater <br />Foundation, the milfoil requires large amounts of nutrients to grow and multiply. We help <br />supply these nutrients with our discharge of incompletely processed effluent into the lake. <br />By reducing a food source for the aquatic plants, we can help alleviate a very threatening <br />problem. <br />The city has proposed and studied seven options of possible solutions. As a registered civil <br />engineer, I wou d like to suggest that only two of these alternatives, condemnation of all <br />violators and municipal sewer, should be considered as viable long-term solutions. <br />Condemnation of 40 properties is hardly constructive or beneficial to the city. Therefore, I <br />believe municipal sewer is the only solution. <br />After learning about the Crystal Bay sewer project, I understand the city’s reticence to <br />endorse and order this project without receiving a substantial majority of assessment <br />appeal waivers. Due to the extraneous impact on lake and community of the subject <br />problem, might not a positive endorsement ot this project by the city with some community <br />assistance in funding be more economical than the time and money expended when this <br />project is finally deemed absolutely necessaiy? <br />As a citizen of Orono, I implore you to treat this subject as the community and regional <br />concern that it is, and not as a convenience for a small number of residences. Please do <br />everything possible to ensure that municipal sewer will become a reality in the Stubbs Bay <br />area. <br />Sincerely, <br />'ohn Thiesse <br />3845 Bayside Road <br />Orono, Minnesota