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� ' <br /> � OROi10 COUNCIL 11EETING HELD MARCH 22, 1976 Page 8 <br /> � [�?elsh moved, Butler secbn�led, to adopt Resolution RESOLUTION #67Q <br /> �i�670, A Resolution In O�pbsition To The United U,S, CORPS OF ARi.'�IY <br /> States Corps Of Enginee�s Regulations On Lake ENGtNEERS <br /> � TZinnetonka And Supporting Legal Action By The <br /> Lake Iiinnetonka Conserv�tion District To <br /> • Challenge The Authority Of The Corps Of <br /> • �ngineers, AZotion, Ayes (3) -- Nays (0) o <br /> � RESOLU�YON �670 <br /> � 6i1HEREAS, the City of Orono has spent considerable <br /> time in formulating dock ordir�ances and marina <br /> � licensing to regulate docks and marinas abutting <br /> Lake T�iinnetonka, and <br /> � <br /> � WHEREAS, current dock regulations �ontrol the <br /> public use of Lake Minnetonka and �ry to balance <br /> � the equities between our residents who liv� near <br /> tile lake and our inland residents who also have <br /> � rights to use the lake, and <br /> � �7HEREAS, the United States Corps of Enqineeers <br /> r has proposed that said federal agehcy has <br /> authority to regulate do�ks and other activities <br /> � on Lake 'r�iInnetonka and that said au�hority �s <br /> superior to present agen�ies who reg'u1at� and <br /> � control activities, namely �he State of ITinnesota <br /> (DidR) o TZinnehah� Laatersh�d Dis�rict, LaYe Tlinnetonka <br /> � Conservation District �nd each I.ocal community <br /> abutting the la�Ce, and <br /> � <br /> � ti�?F�FZEAS, the members of this Council have received <br /> compl�ints from � large number of our citizens <br /> � who strnngly oppose federal regulations on Lake <br /> PSinneto�ka because they feel these proposed <br /> � regulations are not needed and that the control <br /> or the lake is presently in the hands of the <br /> • governmental units best able to obtain input <br /> fi.�or.n citizens and the people who are the most <br /> � capable of protecting this great natural <br /> ' resource, and <br /> ,� 6aL�FREAS, the present rules and regulations of <br /> tize state and local governments plus the special <br /> � governmental units formed to protect the lake, <br /> �c�equately and inexpensively manage Lake <br /> � iI�.nnetonka, and <br /> � L�7HEREAS, the United States Corps of Engineers' <br /> � p��oposals to regulate matters involving Lake <br /> Iiinnetonka results in an expensive duplication <br /> � of responsibility and is not needed or desired <br /> �to Protect the lakes <br /> • (Continued) <br /> s <br /> � <br />