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.� <br /> �ORONO COUNCIL i3E�TIPIG HELD APRIL 12 , 1�75 Page 16 <br /> �Letter to Plymouth Director of Public Works - MOONEY LAKE LETTER <br /> �ooney Lake <br /> � This letter is in response to yours o� April 8 <br /> regarding T•7ooney Lake. Orono appreciates the <br /> •need to successfully address the storm water <br /> runof f prob].em in the I�Iooney Lake drainage <br /> �basin. <br /> 't�e note your reference to percentages of acre- <br /> � age lying within Plymouth, Orono and P<Iedina. <br /> Of greater significance is the rate and density <br /> t of development in the three municipalities. The <br /> land use policies of the three mun�.c�p�.lities <br /> i aiffer in a substantial wayo ` The Consequences <br /> can be seen in an excerpt from the minutes of <br /> �the February 19 meeting o� the P2innehaha Creek <br /> �,titiTatershed District on the subject of T�:ooney Lakea <br /> � 'There followed a general discussipn as to the <br /> best method of proce�ding, particularly in the <br /> • light of the fact th�t there were approximatel.y <br /> 39 homes on the lakeshore, 31 of w�ich were in <br /> � the City o£ Plymouth, with the remaining properties <br /> + involved lying in other citieso The managers <br /> expressed concern for a prompt idc?ntification <br /> � of the problem and the costs involved. ' (Under- <br /> �ning added) <br /> As has been discovered in recent yea�s, small <br /> � bodies of water can withstand only lirni�ed v�ater� <br /> shed urbanization before such development Causes <br /> � a severe imbalance in the drainage o� the basin <br /> � and ultimately a serious deterioration of water <br /> quality. Lake Calhoun is in the thrdes of the <br /> � latter problert with no feasib]�e solution in sighto <br /> In the case of T�iooney Lake, it may be advisable to <br /> • hold in abe�ance any further hardcover construction <br /> in the basin uiitil a pu}�1ic policy can be established <br /> � to deal with the aCaelerated storilt water runoff <br /> , caused by such impervious cover. <br /> � I�1ay we suggest that the costs of the proposed <br /> study of the 1�1c�oney Lake high �aater problem <br /> � might be fairly borne in proportion to the degree <br /> of development causing the problem? <br /> • <br /> We agree that Plymouth should not bear 100� of <br /> , the study costs. Perhaps costs should be shared <br /> � on the basis of percentage of watershed area <br /> urbanized, number of residences, or some other <br /> � index related to the T•Zooney Lake high water problem, " <br /> �nd of letter <br /> • <br /> • <br /> • <br />