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o.,: <br />0 0 <br />C ITY of ORONOr <br />Municipal Offices <br />G Street Address: Mailing Address: <br />9jC'Egg04' 2750 Kelley Parkway P.O. Box 66 <br />Orono, MN 55356 Crystal Bay, MN 55323-0066 <br />November 10, 2003 <br />David Lovelace <br />15331 Excelsior Boulevard <br />Minnetonka, NIN 55345 <br />Re: 220 Big Island - Authority for minar access maintenance <br />Dear Mr. Lovelace: <br />Pursuant to your recent request,City staff have reviewed the current status of the platted unimproved <br />right-of-way between Lots 38 and 39,Morse Island Park,over which you gain access to your inland <br />property per City Council Resolution No. 4456 dated Apri124, 2000. <br />Condition 5 of Resolution No. 4456 allowed the construction of a lateral dock section to allow you <br />walking access around the ice ridge at the shoreline. However,recent survey work has established <br />that a walking path avoiding the ice ridge would force you to traverse private property on either the <br />north or south sides of the right-of-way. Therefore, in order for you to retain access over the right- <br />of-way, the City is taking the following actions: <br />1.The City has initiated the accurnulation of background information to support a pending <br />request to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District for fill and replacement of a portion of <br />the wetland within the right-of-way, to create a suitable access for pedestrians and the <br />occasional service vehicles requiring access. This process to gain approvals for wetland <br />impacts is expected to not be finalized until spring 2004. Once approvals are obtained and <br />a feasibility study is completed, the City will determine whether it will move forward with <br />such improvements. <br />2.Pursuant to your request for immediate access relief, you are hereby authorized to make <br />certain maintenance improvements to the access to ensure a minimum level of ongoing <br />usability, as follows: <br />a)You may remove the fallen,misshapen tree at approximately the center of the access <br />on the ice ridge, where a natural lowering of the ridge already exists. <br />b) You may remove the accumulated debris(branches, logs, etc) at this location on the <br />ice ridge for a width of approximately 10-15'. <br />Telephone(952)249-4600 • Fax(952)249-4616 <br />www.ci.orono.mn.us