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<br /> Speci�tl �Nteeting of the Village Council , D4arch 31, 1969
<br /> Starts wi,tYi some discussion of conditional use permit applied for by
<br /> Unity Investment Co.
<br /> Franzel : «ell, now in this marina situation, I have, as I said, contacted
<br /> quite a number of different people and agencies that have been involved
<br /> and concerned about the lake . And there are five points that I 'm just
<br /> going to briefly cover, that I think would relate to what might be the
<br /> proper consideration, because on one side , we 've got the personal rights
<br /> of individuals that have made an investrnent on tlae lake , and certainly
<br /> have basic considerations that must be given to them. On the other side
<br /> we 've got a broad body of public welfare and some serious condi�ions on
<br /> the lake, and my first point on here is related specifically to the basic
<br /> lake pollution problem, And I think this has been certai�ily publicized
<br /> from every angle , and there have been some significant points that I
<br /> think have shown the seriousness of the situation.
<br /> The first one is that in 1963 the state agencies provided us with an okay
<br /> to put the sewer affluent into Lake �finnetonka, as many other communiti.es .
<br /> Five years later this has been reversed, and no new treatment plants can
<br /> put affluent into the lake , and the present ones must be phased out at a
<br /> given time schedule . Also, experts that have certainly been recognized in
<br /> this field do agree that ��e 've got a very serious lake pollution pro�lem,
<br /> and these experts are �rom the Llniversity, frorn the State Con�ervation
<br /> Department , men like Hibbert Hill , the director of the Freshwater Biological
<br /> Institute , Don Fruen, with the hiinnehaha �Patershed District, Dick Gray,
<br /> that has made a lot of studies on the lake here itself, Dr. John �1�foyle ,
<br /> and a long list of others , that I think without question recognize the
<br /> seriousness of our lake . And this , I believe , is a pretty well accepted
<br /> fact .
<br /> The second point is that the Lake ?�iinnetonka Conservation District , which
<br /> is now �vorking on this total problem, and which was formed because of the
<br /> serious��a�xa�x� situation on the lake , does recognize that we have a very
<br /> serious problem with the lake use , and the lake condition. And �just
<br /> this last week the bill which now gives the Lake 14iinnetonka Conservation
<br /> District po�ver to regulate the lake use , including docks , and other
<br /> activities on the lake--it is now up before the Senate . And it would
<br /> make , then, this Lake A4inneto:ika Conservation District a body that
<br /> would have legislative power.
<br /> The third point is that this new Freshwater Biological Institute, which
<br /> is nov� just eoming into being, is well along in its formulation, and,
<br /> again, the experts connected with the University and others so indicate
<br /> that this is sorely needed, in order to find out enough facts in order
<br /> to give some sound and effective guidelines as to what sr�ould we do,
<br /> because we can get all concerned and think that just one item is going
<br /> to solve the whole problem, and certainly it is not.
<br /> The fourth item is that the lake has had v� ry significant increase in
<br /> its use . As the head of the �'atFr Patrol reported to us here , that from
<br /> 1963, for ex��mple, we had some 2,011 violations . In 1968 we tiad 6, 244.
<br /> �Pe had accidents inereased from 19 in 1963, up to 6g this past year. �e
<br /> had property damage increased from �11 ,000 up to �22,000. Complaints on
<br /> the lake ran from 480 in 1963 up to 922, which is just indicating the
<br /> increased use of the lake , and this comes from m.�ny sources. Peop� e
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