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<br />LAW OFFICES OF <br />PETERSON, BELL, CONVERSE & JENSEN, P .A. <br /> <br />~J <br />t.l1'l11r, <br />~ <br /> <br />Erwin A. Peterson <br />Robert C. Bell <br />Willard L. Converse <br />Roger A. Jensen <br />Kurt F. Walther <br />James C. Erickson*t <br />Carol A. Baldwin <br />Caroline Bell Beckman <br />Mitchell W. Converse <br /> <br />3000 Metropolitan Centre <br />333 South Seventh Street <br />Minneapolis, MN 55402-2441 <br /> <br />Telephone (612) 342-2323 <br />Facsimile (612) 344-1535 <br /> <br />April 3, 1996 <br /> <br />Mr. Dennis Welsch <br />Community Development Director <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, Minnesota 55113 <br /> <br />Re: Lake Owasso Water Surface Use <br />Our File No. 1011-18 <br /> <br />Dear Dennis: <br /> <br />You requested an opinion concerning what the current no-wake setback is on Lake <br />Owasso. As you know, Lake Owasso lies partially within the cities of Shoreview and Roseville, <br />and because of this, water surface use regulations may only be adopted pursuant to a joint <br />powers agreement between the two cities. Therefore, the Shoreview 150 foot setback adopted <br />in 1994 does not apply to Lake Owasso. As this amendment had no effect with regard to Lake <br />Owasso, the current no-wake setback is 300 feet as provided for in the Roseville ordinance <br />which enjoys "grandfather" status because it predates the state's regulations on water surface use <br />management. <br /> <br />I spoke with Maureen Janke, an attorney at the Department of Natural Resources <br />specializing in water surface use management, and she agreed that the current no-wake setback <br />for Lake Owasso is 300 feet. She did, however, indicate that it is the position of the DNR that <br />all lakes within the state should come into compliance with the 100 or 150 foot no-wake setback <br />mandated by Minnesota Rules Section 6110.3700, subpart 7. Notwithstanding this, she was in <br />agreement that the Roseville 300 foot setback is grandfathered in and is currently the effective <br />no-wake setback for the entire lake. <br /> <br />Yours very truly, <br /> <br />PETERSON, BELL, CONVERSE & JENSEN <br /> <br />,~~ ~---- <br /> <br />Mitchell W. Converse <br /> <br />MWC/mad <br />/u/melisdlwp/Roseville/lOll.l80rdinances/welschl.ltr <br /> <br />* Also Admitted in Wisconsin <br />tCivil Trial Specialist. Certified by the Civil Litigation Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. <br />