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.YT �� • RESOLUTION #772 A RESOLUTION RECO.GNIZING A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE PROVISION OF .LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE5 ON LAKE MINNETONKA AND DECLARING A MORATORIUM ON THE EXPANSION OF LAKE-USE FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF ORONO FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH EMERGENCY WHEREAS, Hennepin County has withdrawn support of the Sheriff's Water Patrol on Lake Minnetonka, resulting in the loss of. competent law enforcement services for the coming boating season, and WHEREAS, the Lake P�innetonka Conservation District does not have the statutory authority to fund patrol services, and presently have no ability for contracting year-around police water patrol services on Lake Minnetonka, and WHEREAS, the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District • has passed a resolution declaring that a state of emergency presently exists wherein the public. safety and welfare of users of Lake Minnetonka will be materially endangered, and WHEREAS, the introduction of additional boats onto ' Lake Minnetonka through the extension of existing dock facilities, or, in genera]_, through any expansion of lake-use facilities would materially add to an already dangerous situation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orono: 1. That a moratorium be and hereby is declared, effective immediately, in the City of Orono on the approval of any request for the extension of existing dock facilities, the construction of new ,dock facilities, or other boat storage facilities, whether the same be located in the water or on dry land of private, commercial, or municipal ownership. 2. That this moratorium shall continue until such time as a long term solution has been reached, providing the funding necessary and resulting in the resumption of year-around water patrol law enforcement services on Lake Minnetonka. • •