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Place" is now privately owned. Therefore, the city has. no ability to grant permits to the public or otherwise interfere with the private ownership of these accrued parcels within Bay Place. I understand the city has also considered providing a permit for the unnamed alley shown on the plat of Morse Island Park, roughly described as an approximately 16400t-wide extension west of platted Meadow Lane, immediately to the south of Lot 6, Morse Island Park, owned by my client. However, my client also owns Parcel No. 22-117-2341-0003, which is described as: That part of Government Lot 3, in 22-117=31, lying southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly lot line of Lot 8, Morse Island Park. This land, consisting of a north -south parcel, 14 feet wide at the alley and fronting Lots 6, 7, 8, the unnamed alley and a portion of the land south of the alley, all along the shoreline, extends south past the referenced alley. Consequently, the unnamed alley has no shoreline and there is no authority for the city or any party to construct a dock on this alley Marcel Attached for your reference is a 1984 survey of my client's shoreline parcel, which is also registered land. Furthermore, as to the above property, the dock would be immediately out of compliance with LMCD regulations since it would necessarily be within 10 feet of an adjoining property. Nearly any dock on any claimed public alley or road would violate this provision. Finally, I note that there are. at least 18 existing tax parcels without apparent lakeshore in Morse Island Park, all of which would now appear to have the right to claim a city dock permit. Would the City rotate this permit so that each parcel had an annual dock once every 18 years? Do you choose winners and losers? How would the city go about implementing this process while maintaining fairness to each of the landlocked parcels? Additionally, my client has learned that the zemaining owners on the Morse I of Big Island will be presenting to the city a petition objecting to the city's ability to licenses or other permits for use of docks on any of the vacated parcels. My client ah objects to the pending dock applications because such dock placements and/or usage City and LMCD ordinances and regulations. Please contact me if you have any further questions. Encl. cc: Jeremy Barnhart, Comm. Dev. Director Orono City Attorney Orono Planning Commission Client Very Truly- urs, William C. Peper Park side specifically rill violate 2