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COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 24, 2004 APPROVED 1 • 2 Gerald Lindner, 7413 Peltier Lake Drive, spoke in favor of having the no -wake zone at the bog poles. 3 He stated there are many hypotheses on why the rookery is declining, among which Trout Air closing 4 was one of them. He also stated it was human disturbance to be replacing batteries and film in the 5 video cameras. 6 7 Ron Marier, 1801 77th Street, stated his land encompasses 1,000 feet of lakeshore directly adjacent to 8 the heron rookery. He stated he is for the no -wake zone as it exists today because of the successful 9 nesting of the Great Blue Herons. He stated his neighbors are also in favor of keeping the no -wake 10 zone where it is. 11 12 Bill Stateen, 1687 Peltier Lake Drive, stated he was a 27 -year lake resident. He stated an 13 overwhelming majority of the people who live on the lake are in favor of leaving the no -wake zone 14 where it is. 15 16 Wayne LeBlanc, 1677 Peltier Lake Drive, stated there are very few people on the lake who have not 17 signed the petition to keep the no -wake zone where it is. He stated he had submitted a petition on 18 May 10th with 401 signatures, and he gave the Council another petition with 155 more signatures. He 19 gave the Council letters from many organizations that supported the no -wake zone. 20 21 Dave Blumis, 1567 Peltier Lake Drive, stated a no -wake zone north of the bog poles would be 22 sufficient. 23 24 Shelly Denice, 1667 Peltier Lake Drive, gave the Council an article from the Star News regarding 25 bald eagles. She stated that Trout Air closing could have had an impact on the Great Blue Herons 26 leaving. She suggested not repealing the Sunset Clause until further data could be collected. 27 28 Glenn Fox, 7124 Progress Road, Centerville, stated his background was in biology, and he spoke to 29 the Council regarding water quality and sediments. He asked the Council to leave the no -wake zone 30 where it is. 31 32 Amy Donlin, 6100 Centerville Road, spoke to the Council about protecting the Great Blue Herons 33 and leaving the no -wake zone where it is. 34 35 Marge Jagorgy, 1637 Peltier Lake Drive, stated she was in favor of leaving the no -wake zone where it 36 is. 37 38 Mary Jean Lyle, 1559 Peltier lake Drive, stated she was in favor of leaving the no -wake zone where it 39 is. 40 41 Jeff Perry, a natural resources specialist from Anoka County, provided the Council with some 42 information on the Great Blue Herons numbers and spoke in favor of leaving the no -wake zone where 43 it is. 44 45 Councilmember Reinert asked Mr. Perry if he had any numbers for 2004. 46 47 Mr. Perry responded there were aerial surveys that indicated approximately 350 actual birds had been 48 observed, primarily Great Blue Herons. 6