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<br /> these things that ��ork together, but the point is , wn 've got a sick
<br /> lake . And I think we have to recognize it. Now, obvioizsly, congested
<br /> use of the lake in these areas will all contribute to it, because that ' s
<br /> the way it became this way. li'hen the Indians were l.iving bac$ here they
<br /> didn ' t have this kind of a problem. No�v, also, turning just a little to
<br /> A4axwe1l Bay. I think without question anybody looking at this situation
<br /> there , and we have a map that is laid out into here , that ' s a lake that
<br /> t�as some 300 acres of water on it . It has some 3. 36 miles of shoreline,
<br /> a very small lake , and it ' s a very shallow lake . Now, we are talking ak�oizt
<br /> a concentration of boats . At present there are some 3�0 commercial docks,
<br /> or boat slips, and aboizt 40 residential . This is a v�°ry high congesti.on,
<br /> in fact it is the highest congestion in the whole lake area here . Now,
<br /> I tt�ink also, recognizing that the experts tt�at havF worked into ti�is
<br /> area. . . I 've talked to a fair number of these in the past, and then more
<br /> recently ,just these last few weeks in here . For example, the Lake
<br /> Minnetonka Conservation I)istrict . They started out to give some basic
<br /> guidelines . For example, on lake usage , and as they began to study it ,
<br /> they found the complexity and the problems , and the many sides that have
<br /> to be considered, such that they were not able to come up with their
<br /> direct answer. I think t;;is is some what the same that up on the h�ississippi
<br /> River Northern States Power has a plant already built up there . The
<br /> e�perts are still not �ble to agree completely �vhat should be done to
<br /> some of the contamination that �vould come from there. But I think there
<br /> are signs and considerations pointing to how serious these things are.
<br /> �t'ell , now, I think the fact that the Lake A4innetonka Conservation District
<br /> has not been able to come up at this point is part of the recognition
<br /> of the complexity of this problem. And I think herf� , as a Councilman
<br /> tr�ing to represent Orono, and trying to read the minds of these experts
<br /> and take the information available , because certainly I do not consider
<br /> myself an expert in the�s situ�tion of the lake . I happen to be an
<br /> engineer, but I 'm not in that field. I also recognize that in building
<br /> up facts to try and make a so�:nd deci�ion that will have some logic
<br /> behind it, has to be based on some factual information. �1nd I tr:ink
<br /> another point that shorvs the significance of how badly is needed some of
<br /> these facts is pure and simple , look at the �iiological Lab, the new one
<br /> that is just no�a being formed. �Iere aga,in is another body that certainly
<br /> can offer some very significant information, and I think here again
<br /> forthcoming will be data that will help make logieal decisions . Now, we ' ve
<br /> had experts tell us, for example , that the first top inch, and you 've
<br /> heard this , I 'm sure--tY�e first top inch layer at the bo�tom of the lake
<br /> contains nutrient equal to about 60 years of the annual input that we
<br /> make of nutrients��"our lake here today. T1�is has been made by one of
<br /> the e�perts , hirs. Hill , �ho I think you ' 11 recognize as being quite
<br /> knowledgeable in t►:is area. I�'ow, the increased use of the lake is only
<br /> logical at this point. It ' s the large body of water n�ar a large
<br /> metropolitan area. Orono itseif has a popi�lation of some , arout 6, 500
<br /> at this point. In 1985 there are estimates that we will havF� a po}�ulation
<br /> of 15,800, and by the year 2000, possibly as high as �4,000. SVell , I
<br /> think that we are not doing out job if we do not consider what tl�is means
<br /> into the future . �ie can certa.inly look at some of the othe.r areas . Take
<br /> for example, Aiinneapolis. Basically no docking is permitted , except by
<br /> strict control of the Village . No even prvate land is available ti�ere .
<br /> �'ell now, I think on our lake here , that we must rec�ni,�ze the implication
<br /> and I thinli here , and I 'm not trying to make any judgements , because I am
<br /> trying to gather facts , for example , I talked to Dr. John '�ioyle at the
<br /> Conservatkon Department, that reco�nizes some of these problems . And he ' s
<br /> been relating to me , not only here and now, but a little bit into the
<br /> future , and Dick Gray, who certainly has done a �reat deal of research in
<br /> this light, again �ipinting up, let ' s be reasonable in �vhat we do at this point
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