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- � . c�t� o� oR,oNO . - • . RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL � No. � .. . - . . . he existence of the 1961 Minnesota DNR permit and/or the existence of any actual past dredging in this area does not automatically grant perpetual rights to "maintenance" dredging. a) The apparent actual dredging of 1961 is not • in the location, nor is consistent with the ' width specifications of the 1961 permit, and - therefore was not a fully legal dredging. b) The 1961 permit contains language making it "subject to all conditions and limitations now or hereinafter imposed by law" . c) The 1961 permit contains no language granting perpetual rights. to' "maintenance dredging" . 22) Evidence on the general topic of dredqing and Lake ecology retained by the City in its general files, plans and reports , . and information contained within the specific file kept on the Welsh application including a November� l7 , 1981 letter _e`� from G.F.B. I. Director, R.S. Hanson (Exhibit G) al1 as reviewed by City staff and the City Council �or the Welsh application, supports the findings that any dredging is - de'leterious to the quality of water in Lake Minnetonka for many reasons , including: • a) Suspension of silt, sediments and nutrients. b) release of trapped nutrients " ` '"" �_-�. • c) removal of • filtration capacity of � vegetation � d) exposure of acidic sediments e) scarring or removal of the lake bed seal f) opening of a sponge-like siphon for pulling nutrients into the lake from adjacent bottom muck g) allowing increased flow of nutrients and sediments into the lake through the artifical channel 23) The Welsh application clearly is made and intended solely , to benefit the Welsh property, and Welsh' s use of that ' 'I property, and would not benefit any other property, any ' other property owner, or any member of the public at large. ' • 7 oi� i5t �� -