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� \ <br />� ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD NOVENiBER 24, 1975 Page 19 <br />� Butler moved, 6�elsh seconded, to draft a letter WATER PATROL LETTER <br /> to the Hennepin County Sheriff, stating thate <br />�'lotion, Ayes (4) - Nays (0) � <br />� "Orono is very concerned about the reported <br />� budget cut for the Ulater Patrol on Lake Minnetonka. <br /> Orono has in its boundaries a substantial amount <br />� of shoreline, This involves protection of life <br /> i in water related accidents and the provision of <br /> emergency medical services, not only for Orono <br />� residents but also for thousands of Hennepin <br /> County residents who use the county lake access <br />� and marinaso <br />� This public safety service cannot be curtailed <br /> on such short notice, If, in fact, Hennepin <br />� County determines that public safety measures <br />. on Lake Nlinnetonka are not a county matter, then <br /> sufficient advance notice must be given the <br /> surrounding municipalities in order to adequately <br /> p�ovide alternate serviceo <br /> I do not need to remind you that the Water Patrol <br /> _ regulates lake traffic, enforces State and Lake <br /> T�Iinnetonka Conservation District laws, provides <br /> emergency fire fighting services on the water, <br /> handles winter emergencies on the ice, and is a <br /> asic adjunct to lake area law enforcemento In <br /> ddition, only the county has, by statute, the <br /> �bility to collect monies to fund such an operation <br />� as the Water Patrol. <br />� In view of the public safety aspect of this matter, <br /> � am asking you to inform me at the very earliest <br />� a.ate how it will be resolved. Ulithout advance <br />� runding, planning, staffing and proper equipment, <br /> we will be hard put to provide lake oriented <br />� �olice servicee You can understand our concern <br /> with adequately providing so basic a governmental <br />� function, ° <br />� <br /> Butler moved, Welsh seconded, to direct staff FEDERAL HOUSING <br />� to submit a letter to Federal Housing and Urban <br />� Development citing descrepancies and lack of <br /> detail in the revised flood plain maps and to <br />� request detailed base maps in evaluating flood <br /> plain areas. P�totion, Ayes (4) - Nays (0) . <br /> - P-Zayor Searles announced that there will be a PUBLIC HEARING <br />. public hearing on the proposed Orono-Long Lake Interceptor <br />�terceptor at 3:00 P.BZ. December 4, 1975 at the Long Lake-Orono <br /> eshwater Biological Institute. <br />� <br />