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<br /> my septic system, why my drainfield works ��erfectly, " and I h�d him just
<br /> dig a hole a foot and a half deep, and the lake water ran;`�and I just told
<br /> him, well �hat do you think happens if you pour a pail. of �rater in he e--
<br /> it runs right out again. And we 've got to, I think, do that , and this ����e
<br /> are taking positive action.
<br /> �licole : Tkian can we assume that you' re not ,just s�ying it ' s the boater� ,
<br /> or the boating, whether they be transient people , or marina people , or
<br /> whoever they might be . They are not the only problem, right?
<br /> Franzel : Absolutely. I trpink the total lake has to be looked at as a
<br /> cor�plete �icture , and each has his contribution, and then, I think we 've
<br /> got to consider and make eontributions on that basis .
<br /> Mayor: I think that ' s one reason why I talked about the sewer problem
<br /> we have all over the lake , and taking the sewage away from the ?ake ,
<br /> because we kno�s it ' s an overall problem. �!'e know we have a prorlem,
<br /> I 'm not convinced that any one partic��lar thing is polluting the lake,
<br /> but something is polluting it, and it should be studied, even if it costs
<br /> a lot of money, it should be stizdied until we find out . �Ve oug'?:t to
<br /> get al.ong v�ith the meeting.
<br /> Westerlund: Just one rnore point. During the planning commission meeting
<br /> it was suggested also that the Conservation Departrnent, and i forget ho�v
<br /> many others agancies being contacted to get some assistance or some infor-
<br /> mation by the time of this Council r�eeting. Has anybody contacted them,
<br /> or do you have any information?
<br /> biayor: Our member on the conservation. . . As you know, the Conservation
<br /> Department, Lake hiinnetonka Conservation, is set up of inembers around the
<br /> lake appointed people . �1'e have one memher--bir. Searles is our representative
<br /> and he ' s been in contact witYi them, and vaill be again this week, whe.n he
<br /> gets back,
<br /> Franzel : I 've talked to two, by the way, members of the Conservation
<br /> District , just today, in fact , and last week, too.
<br /> �esterlund : Did they come up with any. . . I think there �vere sol�:e other
<br /> agencies that were supposed to be involved.
<br /> Franzel : The V�atershed District , yes. . .
<br /> �'esterlund : Did they come up wi�h any kind of. . .
<br /> Fr�neel : This is the whole point--that they feel that the magnitude of
<br /> the problem does not permit, with this limited knowled�e , to conie out
<br /> directly with that right at this point, and that ' s why they feel there is
<br /> more information needed to make an intelligent decision.
<br /> 1�hitehead : Let me clarify one thing al.ong that line , too. The +Vatershed
<br /> District has no legal juri�diction over marinas , per se. It does have
<br /> jurisdiction over recreational usa.ge of the water. But it is primarily
<br /> a water quality organization. It i� concerned with various prok�lems --
<br /> surface �vater, ground water, etc. The conservation district ha.s no
<br /> jurisdiction as far �aspollution goes , tiut it ' s more of a police . . .
<br /> The conservation district , if current legislation is passed, wi] l have
<br /> authority over many matters dealing directly witl� marina operations ,
<br /> specifically, to �ake the words of the statute " and ordinances . "
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