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~ February 24, 2002 Dear Cities of Centerville and Lino Lakes City Colman members and residents of Peltier Lake, We as concemed homeowner and residents of CenterviIle and Peltier Lake would like to express to you our concems in 1'eg81"da to the proposed "No Wake Ordnance" for the lake in which we live. First and foremost, we believe that both sides cftbis issue have valid concems that have raised. even more questious that need to be addressed before this ordna~ is invoked. : . We don't claim to be ex:perts in Great Blue Herons and tbeirways, nor 'Water quatity issues, but have made some observatioJiS. We have lived here since the summer of 1996 and have seen many chauges. We've seen normal winters, late faDs It early springs, aD playiDs a part in the eonditioos of the Jake. W"rth low snowfall, late mIls and early ice out inspriD& we have learned that the curly leafpondweed, (that the entire lake has beeI'! involved in removmg), has an extended growth 'time, which oontributeJ to poor water conditioDS. We've leamed this by attending seminars presented by the DNR at Wargo Nature Center with other homeowners from Peltier take. There have been JDa.J:Ay clumps, with the growth of ()W' tiny little town, both AlDI'Imer and winter recreational use of Peltier Lake has iDc.reased. When we first came here, a busy day OD the lake was having 4 boats Cmcluding oumelves) out at ODe . time. That was 011 a hoHday weekend. The most actMty you could expect to see in the winter was the use of the snowmobile trail. Vel'Y few iee fished and that too has changed. Some oftbe questions that we are left with are: II .Is the area in question large enoUgh to sustain a rookery of this size? 01' have they out grown this islaDd? ., Has the ecology oithe lake ehanged to the point that the birds bavejust decided to go elsewhere? Two maio sources of the Great Blue Herous diet are bvJ1i1.<<ts and frogs. When we moved in we cculd ollliy catch small bullheads off our doclc. Now we very seldom eatc:h them and instead find more game and p8D fish populating the area. Frogs also were abundttDt and now are very seldom seen. · What affect did the commercial harvest of carp have on the ecosystem of our lake? · Has this whole issue been created by a feud between some neighbors? We feel that a Lake.Association meeting should be held to discuss all of the optiou with the homeowners on Peltier Lake. Before any action is taken, we feel that many aDSWem (with the data and studies to back them up) are needed before an~ should mnsiderthis or any ether ordnance. We came here 6 years ago because it was everythmg we Where 1ook:iDg for. A small, close--knit community, home 011 a non-resb:icted 1_ where our mmily could eqjoy flsbing (summer & winter), swhr1ming, sldiDg, wildlife It.SDGWlDobile activities. Hal 8[ Liz Wegner 1525 Peltier Lake DrIve Feud this poem In the SpriDg 2002 Lakesltyie ...~ne aDd tIaought was appropriate. "AU.1'BlINGS ClIANGE, \'ET NOTmNG IS lEXT1NGUISHm... 'ni!!:1l8IS NOTHDfG IN THE WHOLE WORLD WHICH IS~. EVER.l"II."HDG F'LOWSONWARD., AND AU '1'HINGSAU _OUGHT INTO BmNGwn1IACBANGING NA11JRE. 11mAGMTHBMSELVUGLmElIIYlN CONSTANT MOV1DlDtNr...lFOllSl1U. WATmlS 'WILLMWU. REACH '1'HE SBA." (OVID, ROKANPOD', 43BC - 21 AD]