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COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 25, 2002 Community Development Director Grochala indicated the intent would be for City staff to continue working with Anoka County and the Department of Natural Resources to evaluate all the environmental components of the Peltier Lake island and surrounding areas. He indicated the primary concern regarding the inclusion of a sunset date was to ensure if the ordinance is adopted the results of this action will be followed and reported. Mayor Bergeson reopened the public hearing at 6:50 p.m. and invited Mary Capra, Centerville City Councilmember, to speak first. Ms. Capra wished to express her individual concern regarding the sunset date included in the ordinance. She indicated because Centerville is a statutory City, it cannot place a sunset clause in its ordinances. However, because Lino Lakes is a charter City, they can include a time limit and she felt this would result in Lino Lakes holding the ordinance adopted by Centerville in their hands. She indicated the City of Centerville concurred with a two to three . review of the situation but asked that the Lino Lakes City Council reconsider the inclusion of a sunause in the proposed ordinance. Ron Marier stated he lives on the northeast corner of Peltie a . d asked that the City Council consider not only the herons but also the underlying veg m do exists at the north end of the lake. He indicated many experts have given their opinions . g the impact of disturbing the lake bottom, as well as the sensitive plants. He indicate ea al of water runs through Peltier Lake and the only buffer is the north end of the lake. � fe t eluding a sunset clause in the ordinance and allowing motorboats to travel through the nort e lake again in the future would rip up the plants and disturb the bottom of the lake and ; ately jeopardize the quality of the lake and its sensitive ecosystem. Mr. Marier asked the City Council to onsider the aquatic ecosystem and quality of Peltier Lake and secondarily the heron room ry. b r' ed the majority of the residents on the northeast side of the lake agree that protection s ecosystem and rookery come first over recreational considerations. Mayor Bergeson noted the Ci eceived a letter from eight residents on the northeast side of the lake asking that the no -wake zone lin run straight across the lake and not be angled. He invited a representative of that group to address this request. Nancy Bowring, 7608 Peltier Lake Drive, stated last week a number of the Peltier Lake lakeshore property owners met. She indicated that she had polled eight of the nine property owners on the northeast side of the lake and, due to safety concerns of an angled no -wake zone, six of those eight property owners agreed to support a no -wake zone 200 feet south of the island running straight across the lake. Additionally, eight of the nine property owners supported a no -wake zone 200 feet south of the lake angled to the northeast. She indicated all the property owners supported some sort of no - wake zone since they all agree that the entire ecosystem of the lake deserves attention.