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Page 11 � David J. Dunlap, M. D, 1595 Bohn`s Point Road Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 November 14, 1978 The Honorable Brad Van Nest Mayor of Orono Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 My dear Mayor Van Nest: This is a request for the Orono Village Covncil to reconsider my application for maintenance dredging of the channel into my boat harbor. Unfortunate.Zy, I was unable to be at the last council meeting to svpply information that perhaps wovZd have heZped clarify my appZication. • As you know, this natural inlet and �hannel were dredged in 1950 to produce a boat liarbor. This area has been used intermittently for that pvrpose since, and I have periodicaZly kept boats here. During the past 28 years however, there has been gradvaZ encroachment of the sand blanket in this area over the entrance to the harbor, so that this entrance is no Ionger deep enough to accomrnodate my new boat. I have proposed pZacement of a permanent dock in the harbor for mooring of this boat. With regard to the resolution to deny my conditional use permit being considered by the Village Council tonight, I would like to answer each specific point made in the resolution. 1. Although I do have other access to the Zake, the access in the lagoon is not comparable in any way to that in the main Zake, and the request to continue use of this area is made not merely for con venience. The shore of the main lake. is co.vered by an extensive sand bar that reguires an extremely Zong dock to --�` 7�, reach water deep enough for a medium sized boat. This area is not svitalile for permanent dock pZacement because of this and because of the exposure to the prevailing northwesterly winds during ice break ap. During the last few years . I have buoyed a boat in this area rather than put up an extremely long dock. In addition, the Iagoon area can be observed from the house whereas the main Zake dock area cannot, and thus is more vulnerable to theft and vandalism. 2. The type of dredging and placement of spoils requested was fully discussed with the Planning Commission when they unanimousZy approved my application. It was feZt that svch su�tion dredging conforming to the rules of the L1�1CD for placement of spoils was preferred and easily accomplished. In addition, Doctor John Wood of the Freshwater Bio.Iogic Institute has inspected my property, including the proposed areas of placement of spoils, and sees no adverse effect from using this area. 3. Impact on the Zake was also discvssed in the Plannin_q Commission. According to the statement policy accepted by the Orono City Council on March Z1, 1975, this Zagoon wou3d be classified as part of Lake Minnetonka, and as such, should be so "