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<br />ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br />JULY 29, 2002 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />sanitary facilities in the boat house. He stated this request could be approved for <br />only the boat house without anything above it. He stated Mr. and Mrs. Berndt <br />were willing to make the design fit with all of the City's requirements. He stated <br />Mr. and Mrs. Berndt believed a boat house was an improvement over what was on <br />the lake now. He pointed out that a boat house did not mean bigger boats because <br />of the DNR size restrictions. He indicated the restrictions that were originally <br />placed on the lots had expired. He stated this proposed boat house was permitted <br />by the Ordinance. <br /> <br />Monty Gronsted, stated he was not in favor of the boat house. He stated boat <br />houses would be an eyesore on the lake shore. <br /> <br />Roberta Thompson, 3413 Snelling Avenue North, stated a boat house would <br />impact the shoreline, while a covered boat lift would not. She stated a lot of the <br />residents would like boat houses, but they did not want boat houses on Lake <br />Johanna. She stated most of the residents did not know this was allowed by a <br />Special Use Permit. She indicated it was a mindset of the residents on the lake that <br />. this was not allowed and she believed they wanted to keep it that way. <br /> <br />Lowell Franklin, 3203 Shorewood Drive, stated they liked the clear lines of the <br />lake and boat houses would obstruct those lines. He expressed concern about <br />setting precedence ifthis would be allowed. <br /> <br />Jerry Minke, 1463 Bussard Court, stated Mr. Berndt was a friend of his and he <br />also owned a lake home in Wisconsin. He indicated the environmental issue, once <br />researched, would be different than what they were assuming. He stated this was a <br />residential lake and stated he could not envision many boat houses on this lake. He <br />stated boat houses offered security and they were a lot nicer to look at than shore <br />stations. <br /> <br />Chuck Mertensotto, 3473 Lake Johanna Boulevard, stated this was a City lake and <br />people had the enjoyment of looking at the lake. He stated if boat houses were <br />added, that would make an obstruction for the enjoyment of the citizens. He <br />indicated he was not in favor of boat houses being allowed on the lake. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Warren Forslund, 3197 Shorewood Drive, stated if one boat house was allowed on <br />the lake, more boat houses would be requested and it would be harder to turn <br />