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LARKIN. IIOFFNIAN, DALLTD- Mayor Butler and City Council Members September 8, 1986 Page 4 The only viable option is the _.,- currently under consideration. The 1pplicant seeks to install a four inch solid pipe from the unit to Lake Minnetonka. This pipe will be buried underground; and it will not involve the addition of any surface hard cover. The pipe itself will have no adverse impact on the City. The excavation which is required is minimal. The pipe to be installed is similar to one which the City has already approved for this site for a foundation drain. The only sensible alternative for handling the groundwater discharge for the geo-thermal unit which is being installed is to divert the water through a pipe from the unit itself to Lake Minnetonka. Lake Minnetonka serves as part of the aquafir from which the groundwater is originally drawn. By discharging in this manner, the water will simply be returned to its original source. The DNR has approved the discharge in Lake Minnetonka. 4. Granting of a variance fot the installation of the pipe shall not violate any of the criteria set forth in Subdivision 25 of the City Code. There is no evidence to indicate that granting the variance requested for the pipe will: 1. Increase the height or duration of flood water in or along Minnehaha Creek. 2. Result in the placei..ant of an artificial obstruction hich will restrict the passage of flood water. 3. Result in an incapatible land use. 4. Be detrimental to the protection of surface and ground water supplies. 5. Increase the financial urdens imposed on the community. 6. Be cont--wry to land use plans and planning objectives of the City. 7. Increase or cause danger to life or property. 8. Be inconsistent with the objectives of encouraging land uses compatible with the preservation of natural land forms, vegetation in the marshes and wetlands.