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Telephone 4 7 3-7357 CITY of ORONO Post Office )ivx 660Crysta) Bay, Minnesota &5323•1%lunicipal Offic" On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka September 28, 1977 Mr. John Rutford Referral Coordinator Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square St. Paul, Minnesota SS101 Re: Referral File 4919 Stubbs Pay i,larin; Dredging Application Mr. Rutford: In response to your refferal of the U.S. Army Corps of Fngineers permit application notice received September 26, 1977, the City of Orono wishes to enter the following in the record: 1. 7be ^ity received a request for dredging and on -site spoils disposal In ,_gust 8, 1977. We have also r:-ceived copies of applications made to the Minnesota TVR on July 18, 1977, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District on August 3, 1977, and the Corps of Fatgineers on August 11, 1977. 2. Discussion with personnel from the DNR indicates that the permit request made to them was after a DNR conservation officer tagged an operator for dredging the shoreline with a backhoe. 3. The City of Orono Planning Commission has reviewed this application at their meetings on September 6 and September 19 and have not passed on the request due to insufficient information regarding need, detrimen- tal aspects, and possible alternatives. 4. The City of Orono has extensively reviewed the environmental conditions of Lake Minnetonka and is intimately aware of the delicate balances affecting water quality and shoreline protection. The City has found that many previous dredgings in other areasof the Lake have caused serious and permanent damage to the environment. S. The City has previously, if reluctantly, approved maintenance dredging of certain areas which had been dredged in the past or which were required to maintain any navigable access to historically riparian property owners.