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. ~;. " ' ONE LAKE RESTRICTION LEADS TO ANOTHER. (S THIS WHAT WE WANT ON PELTIER LAKE? > ALARMING NEWS: Citv of Centerville Citv Council Meetine on Februarv 13.2002 A direct Quote from Wayne I:eBlanc; "...that's really all that we are trying to go for AT TIDS TIME becau~e there are complications with trying to do more... " We are sorry that Wayne. mis-interpreted what we said to him as a threat to "sue" him. No such allegations were made. We did not threaten to "sue" the Peltier Lake Association. Why would we want to sue ourselves'?? I did not ski in the northern end of the lake prior to August during the years of 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000 (only skied once in 1997,4 times in 1998. once in 1999, and twice in 2000)." How can skiing seven times in four years 011 the northern end of Peltier Lake result in tailure ofthe rookery'? According to Hayward Allen, the author of the Great Blue Heron: "There is no question that. once the young are capable of leaving the nest, the parents immediately begin looking for a better place to feed." "Instead of a hundreds of pairs. there are thousands or more hungry birds looking for places to eat. It does not take long for the multiplication process to deplete existing resources, and that would explain why many adult birds continue their migration individually, flying to even furthel' climes such as northern Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alaska or Greenland to complete the summer feeding season". Wayne-Jrtates-"...a1IDwake zonehasvirtuall\Loo impact on anyone...". ltdJ)~s imR~t evervone. It reQuces resal~ values of your homes, because it narrows the effective buyers market tor your home. Also. this takes away privileges that lake home owners have enjoyed on this lake for the past 92 years-since 1910, when this lake was defined as a recreational lake. He states that only a tew homes will be aftected by this restriction. Even if that were the case. why are these people not considered important? [fyou observe his proposed restriction line (500 feet south of the island) it virtually divides the lake in half. This declares almost half ofthe lake as no wake. The restrictions statt on the northern end, where/when will they stop? [t appears that they will stop when they reach Wayne's house. Please note that this is exactly Wayne's words tmd [qnote: "1 would give anything to have a no-wake zone at my property" . These restrictions were initiated by a concerned citizen. (Wayne LeBlanc), who claims that he did not use the Peltier Lake Association title. But since he failed to say that he was acting alone and not representing the Lake Association, it could be easily assumed by city officials that he was acting as a main representative of the Lake Association. Wayne states the main part of the lake is about 2000 feet by 4000 teet, but if you actually measure the length from the bog posts south to dIe road crossing, it is 7260 feet long and 2640 teet wide. This is almost twice the size that he has stated. A slalom ski course does not cm'oon off2300 feet by 400 feet. Each side of the slalom course only protrudes out 37.5 feet, and the skier only goes outside ofdlis area by approximately one toot. As a concession. the driver can stop each time approximately 2 to 300 feet outside of the course. shorten dIe rope and return through the course. This reduces dIe effective area to 1300 by 75 teet, NOT 2300 by 400 feet. This is a 943.5% exaggeration. Water quality is affected by many tactors not mentioned in Wayne's letter. Other factors would include new development fertilizer runoff, and the phosphorus from high population of curly leaf. which we are trying to control. We view restrictions'as undesirable. We the lakeshOl'e owners have dIe ability to preserve and maintain onr rights and prevent any restrictions on the waters of Peltier Lake. We can work together to improve the water quality of our lake by continued removal of curly leaf pondweed. We believe in not discriminating against anything or anyone tor any reason, therefore everyone should have equal rights for use of this recreational lake. If you want to ask us tor more information please call at 651-407-0855. Jerry and Cindy Lindner