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LMCD - Lake Minnetonka Management Plan January 19, 1989 Page 4 of 5 Review of Issues and Concerns that must be Resolved for Orono - 1. Upon adoption of the LMCD Management Plan for Lake Minnetonka by the 14 participating commu ’^itles, will the City of Orono's more restrictive standards be compromised in litigation because of the City's participation and acceptance of less restrictive standards? 2. Although assured by the staff at the LMCD that it is not the desire of the district to enforce land use regulations within the Management Plan, but rather to have each municipality responsible for enforcement, is it realistic to assume that the final approving jurisdictions (DNR and Metropolitan Council) will approve the plan on that basis? Would the DNR require review and approval of all variance to the standards of the LMCD Management Plan? 3. What other options are available to the City if we at the end of the planning process decide to not participate? Staff is not aware if Council has received the full draft of the proposed revisions of the DNR Shoreland Management Rules, it should be noted that they are more restrictive in certain areas than our code, and based on current readings of the DNR position, the City would be required to make the necessary amendments within two years. 4. The following appears as a summary statement in a paper prepared for the LMCD Advisory Committee dated November 1988 and reads as follows: "It is not our intention to pre-empt traditional local authority or jurisdictions. Instead, it is to accept the political reality that a management plan for Lake Minnetonka will be developed. The LMCD, as the regional agency closest to the lake and to the local communities, undertakes the development of the plan in order to maximize the local Influence over the plan. We recognize the regional and state agencies have Sc^ecific legislatively-mandated programs that must be considered while managing the lake. This planning effort is designed to give all stakeholders the opportunity to find the best means for maintaining the integrity of Lake Minnetonka while fulfulling their legislative and traditional mandates.”