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a David J. Dunlap, M. D. 1595 Bohn's Point Road Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 November 14, 1978 The Honorable Brad Van Nest Mayor of Orono Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 My dear Mayor Van Nest: This is a request for the Orono Village Council to reconsider my application for maintenance dredging of the channel into my boat harbor. Unfortunately, I was unable to be at the last council meeting to supply information that pe rhaECs would have helped clarify my application. As you know, this natural inlet and channel were dredged in 1950 to produce a boat harbor. This area has been used intermittently for that purpose since, and I have periodically kept boats here. During the past 28 years however, there has vec„ gradual encroachment of the sand blanket in this area over the entrance to the harbor, so that this entrance is no longer deep enough to accommodate my new boat. I have proposed placement of a permanent dock in the harbor for mooring of this boat. With regard to the resolution to deny my conditional use permit being considered by the village Council tonight, I would like to answer each specific point made in the resolution. .1. Although I do have other access to the lake, the access in the lagoon is not comparable in any way to that in the main lake, and the request to continue use of this area is made not merely for convenience. The shore of the main lake is eove.ed by an extensive sand bar that requires an extremely long dock to reach water deep enough for a medium sized boat. This area is not suitable for permanent dock placement because of this and because of the exposure to the prevailing northwesterly winds during ice break up. During the last few years I have buoyed a boat in this area rather than put up an extremely long dock. In addition, the lagoon area can be obsc ved from tho house whereas the main lake dock area cannot, and thus is more vulnerable to theft and vandalism. 2. The type of dredging and placemt.>nt of spoils requested was fully discussed with the Planning Commission when they unanimously approved my application. It was felt that such suction dredging conforming to the rules of the LMrD for placement of spoils was preferred and easily accomplished. In addition, Doctor John Wood of the Freshwater Biolovic Institute has inspected my p operty, including the proposed areas of places-ent of spoils, and sees no adverse effect from using this arora. i. rmpact on the lake was also iiscussed in the Planning Commission. According to the statement policy accepted by the Orono Citlr Council on March I1, 1975, this Lagoon would be classified as part of Lake Minnetonka, and as such, she, be so