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• s. ' � -� .� �� d c�t o� oR,oNo � • RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL � , ',"� NO. 2460 � • • • ` A RI�SOLDTION DIRECTING STAFF TO ISSOB A JOINT DSE DOCR LICRNSE . . TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS, BIG ISLAND V$T$RANS CAMP : . • � SDBJECT TO CONDITIONS NOTED H$R�IN FOR TH$ PffitIOD OF JANIIARY 1, 1988 TO DBC�ER 31, 1988 WHBRBAS, the City of Orono, hereinafter "City" is a municipal_ corporation organized�and existing under� the laws of the State of Minnesota and has the� authority Gnd responsiblity under Minnesota Statutes, State Statute 412, et. seq. and State Statute 462, et. seq., to protect the hea lth, saf ety, and genera 1 we 1 f are of the citizens ot the City and other members of the public within the City; and WH$R$AS, the City shares concurrent jurisdiction over the primary harbor limit of the City of Orono with the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District and the Department of Natural Resources of the� � State of Minnesota; and r • WH$REAS, the regulation of the navigable waters involves an '; exercise of police power of the State, LMCD, and the City of Orono, • , all of which have adopted rules�to ensure to all equal enjoyment of -� the public rights and equal protection from activity on or near the ; public waters and on the land within the City which, if unregulated, � may be detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare; and � WHSR$AS, the regulations of the DNR, LMCD, and the City of '� Orono regulate the property rights of the riparian owners both as to ,� residential owners and the commercial marina owners, to the extent , prohibiting any interference with the public waters adjoining their ,� property. The LMCD, DNR and City of Orono must fulfill their trustee- ship over the public waters by protecting against interference by ;� anyone, including those who assert the commonlaw rights of riparian owners, whether or not they be commercial marinas or residential owners; WH$R$AS, as to Lake Minnetonka, a mutual right of enjoyment exists between and is shared by riparian owners and the public generally, no one riparian owner has exclusive privileges over Lake Minnetonka. The only additional private right that any riparian owner may have aver the public generally is to construct one dock to the navigable depth of the public waters. There can be no dispute but ' that the public general ly and each riparian owner to Lake Minnetonka � • has the right to use the entire surface area of Lake Minnetonka for � all suitable purposes in common with all other riparian owners. This � right� is a right not only to members of the public but the right to each riparian owner. , Page 1 of 2 ! � ,