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Mr. Rutford Page 2 6. The City and State DNR have no record of any previous dredging at this location. 7. The City feels that riparian access is not endangered because the property owner can extend docks to navigable water within the authorized dock use area, and has in fact more than 30 goats currently docked at the existing facilities. 8. 'I"ne City finds no evidence of any previous attempt to control runoff and siltation which may have contributed to the applicant's current desire to dredge. 9. The City questions the need to dredge the entire shoreline if a lesser amount can be dredged to provide access to a launching area. 10. The City questions the applicant's desire to indiscriminantly dredge the clock use area when boat storage can be more environ- mentally provided by some onland storage system. 11. The City questions the permanent need to dredge when the applica- tion comes in a low water vcar. 12. The City questions the very operation of a commercial marina on this site. 'llie area was zoned for this use because of a long existing fishing boat rental operation on the site. I"he support- ing structures were destroyed by fire in January 1977, and the only current land use is the non -conforming slip rental of water space not supported by any public facilities or services. 13. The City feels tl,at this site is unsuited to any expanded, commercial use because of the limited traffic access to the area, the surrounding residential land use, the extremely low level of the land, the lack of any sanitary sewer or projected construction of same, the questionable on -site sewage treatment capability, and the naturally shallow�eutrophic and remote nature of Stubbs Bay. 14. The City has not yet received any information regarding fish and wildlife habitat affects anticipated by this proposal. 15. The City is adamantly opposed to any improper dredging method and to any on -site spoils disposal within the Lake Minnetonka watershed. 16. The City feels that any dredging allowed mist be contingent upon proper riprapping and runoff filtration system installation to forestall additional dredging in the future.