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<br />I called the sheriff to try to get the illegal ski course removed. Because the ski course was rigged to submerge when not in <br />use, it may have been difficult to find. I called the sheriff numerous times but received essentially no feedback on actions <br />taken. The ski course was used the whole year without restriction as far as I could tell. The records show that on August 28, <br />200 I, a permit was issued for the ski course to exist in the sensitive north area, see Exhibit 11. The agreement apparently <br />meant nothing to the water patrol officer (even though a sheriff was at the agreement meeting). <br /> <br />Question 3: Was Gerald Lindner ever fined or punished in any wav for his illegal ski course in 2001? <br /> <br />Question 4: Whv were Gerald Lindner and Paul Dentz allowed to use the ski course from Julv 7. 2001 throul!hAugust 28. <br />2001. without a permit? <br /> <br />Question 5: Whv was a permitissued when the season was almost over. August 28.2001. to Gerald Lindner for a ski course <br />in the sensitive north area. when it was clear that the state. the county. and two cities opposed it? See Exhibits 8. 9. 10. and <br />11. There certainlv were no letters of permission from the nearest land owner. which would be Anoka Parks. There were <br />explicit letters a""inst the ski course in that location. vet a permit was issued anvwav. Whv? <br /> <br />Question 6: Was Centerville ever formallv notified (as thev reQuested) that a Permit was going to be approved for the area <br />where Centerville expresslv said thev did not want to see a ski course? See Exhibit 9. Ibis letter was in the sheriff's folder. <br /> <br />Question 7: Why was the DNR letter that oooosed the ski course ignored? See Exhibit 10. Ibis letter was in the folder. <br /> <br />It is extremely unfortunate, but because of the operation of the ski course in the north part of Peltier Lake, it appears that part <br />of the lake is permanently ruined. The whole summer of2001, I could only sit there and watch the destruction of the <br />environment. Very sad. Where was the sheriff? See also Exhibit 21. <br /> <br />The sheriff's folder, as of August 30, 2002, contained notes on a Peltier Lake Association newsletter that claimed the <br />information in the newsletter was unlawful. See Exhibit 12. There were other damaging notes on other newsletters. There was <br />other information on aquatic plants, herons, and noise. It looked like materials from Gerald Lindner and appeared to me to be <br />misinformation more than anything and some of it looked to be downright wrong. <br /> <br />Question 8: Whv are there notes of unlawful information on Peltier Lake Association newsletters in the sheriff's folder? <br /> <br />", ~ <br /> <br />Question 10: Does the sheriff reallv think that the data supplied (aooarently bv Gerald Lindner) in the folder about noise. <br />plants. and the herons would not have an impact? The DNR letter savs otherwise. See Exhibit 10. <br /> <br />Question 11: Whv are there pages of information on the aquatic plants in the area? Was anv of this (misinformation) ever <br />checked out? Did Gerald Lindner tell the sheriff that he would be removing 500.000 square feet of beneficial native aquatic <br />plants before he could use his ski course? (Removing those 500.000 square feet of plants has ruined the north part of the lake. <br />It is now been taken over bv a nastv exotic called curlvleaf pondweed and will probablv never recover from the damage done <br />bv the operators of the ski course who willfullv riooed out all that vegetation.) See Exhibit 20. <br /> <br />The only hope to save the environment was to hope that a government agency somewhere cared enough to stop these 2 <br />people from destroying the environment. To make a long story short, the DNR and Anoka Parks, the city ofCenterville and <br />the city ofLino Lakes did care enough to stop them. I thank them very much for that. It took 3 years and incredibly hard and <br />stressful work to establish a no-wake zone to protect the sensitive area. Thousands of person hours were expended in this <br />effort by many people. Letters from numerous organizations wrote about their concern for the situation. <br /> <br />The Rice Creek Watershed District Aquatic Biologist wrote, "High speed boating in this area may cause sediment <br />resuspension, nutrient release from the sediments, and severe damage to the existing aquatic macrophyte community. All of <br />the above mentioned items could be detrimental to the overall water quality and biological health of Peltier Lake. I feel that <br />the area north of the island on Peltier Lake deserves some special protection." See Exhibit 13. <br /> <br />The Minnesota Lakes Association wrote, "High speed boat use in shallow areas of the lake will destroy the aquatic <br />vegetation, which is already happening as is evidenced by photos. Healthy aquatic plant communities support fish and other <br />aquatic life that are important to the healthy functioning of the lake. It also stirs up lake sediments releasing nutrients into the <br />
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