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72690.5 <br />V <br />6 <br />'■'Wli <br />TO:Mayor and City Council \ ^V. \ <br />FROM;Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrate^ ^ <br />DATE:July 25, 1990 <br />f O .i o :i-in <br />SUBJECT; LMCD Shoreland Regulations Agreement <br />Attachment; A. LMCD Shoreland Agreement Dated 6/5/90 <br />ISSUE - Determination as to whether the Cit> desires to join in <br />the agreement with LMCD for shoreland management work or if it <br />chooses to do so in conjunction wfch DNR directly. <br />INTRODUCTION - On June 5, 1990 the City received from LMCD their <br />proposed agreement for coordinating the adoption of the shoreland <br />regulation drafts contained in the LMCD report. Initial concerns <br />regarding this were: <br />A. What future authority would this give LMCD over Orono <br />land use regulation if the City cooperatively <br />participated in it. <br />B. Would LMCD's coordinating participation remove funds <br />that otherwise would be available to the City for <br />dealing directly with the Department of Natural <br />Resources. <br />DISCUSSION - Additiona1 LMCD authority - In the Comprehensive <br />Plan it is indicated that the LMCD will contract with cities to <br />give them the power to review and comment on selected items, <br />including grants in shoreline regulations and building height in <br />the community. Based on the reviews, but not present yet in the <br />revised document, was the indication that this is stictly <br />voluntary and up to the cities. A review of Attachment A does <br />not seem to indicate that the City would be in any way required <br />to contract with LMCD or that by participating in this that LMCD <br />would be given any direct authority. <br />The City of Orono, however, has to be concerned in these <br />regulations with not only Lake Minnetonka and those standards but <br />also the standards applicable to Long Lake and other lakes in the <br />community including the following; <br />Lydiard <br />Dickey <br />Classen <br />Mooney <br />In a review of this matter with John Shardlow, who has done work <br />with the City of Burnsville, in relationship to the DNR <br />regulations he has indicated that classification of that lake <br />becomes a significant item as: