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j A list of ideas was tabulated from several lake association members, which complement the RCWD plan (note because of short notice we have not had time to meet and formally endorse these ideas): 1. Earth day cleanup, 2. Continue commercial harvesting of Curly LeafPondweed and Milfoil, to decrease exotics and enable native aquatics to be established, 3. Prohibit chemical use all around lake, 4. Stenciling of city street drains to prevent oil, gas, and other contaminants from being dumped into drains, 5. Request from City to put up signs along northeast side of Peltier to prohibit garbage dumping, 6. Begin shoreline-landscaping management to install native aquatic plants in as many areas as possible around lake to improve water quality (one of the goals of RCWD plan), and fish habitat. The Lake Association cannot proceed with these ideas without help from the Lino Lakes and Centerville. We need your assistance to allow the lake association to work together to maintain and improve aquatic habitat, recreation, fishing, and improved water quality. Please do not cut our lake in half. The Lake Association voted unanimously on March 4 to have the "no wake" go straight across at the bog poles. IV. Costs Cost of no-wake buoys-at a minimum it is $250 (up to $1000) for ONE No wake buoy and anchor system. Total cost for 7 would be $2000--$7000. Liability involved with these buoys in the middle of the lake-who is paying for insurance? V. Questions: Step Back and Look at Situation: 1. What has Ordinance done: i. Split Lake essentially in half-my triangulation calculations reduced recreational area to 235 acres--original483 acres. Setting up the lake for failure. ii. Tearing what was previously close knit group oflake association members now into two halves. iii. Put in ordinance that is going to require constant surveillance and monitoring at what expense? iv. Even though natural buffer exists all around island, opportunity to use natural buffer (bog poles) that is 500 ft long and this was agreed to by all of the experts after the Lino Lakes work session on March 6, why are we going with a Y, mile long line to enforce instead? v. Herons flourished during 1997 with existing bog pole barrier, why do we need to add a different line 1900 feet south? vi. What happened to the democracy that this country was formed on? vii. All these people are talking about this proposal, what about the lakeshore owners who pay almost double in property taxes to live on the lake? Why is our voice not important? viii. Why are others who never live on or use the lake restricting our recreational use?