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Locke Lake : July 28 , 1993 Page Six (from B. Haake) . An appeal MUST be made within thirty (30) days of the Order by RCWD which was dated July 14, 1993. Thirty days expires on Au ust 14th. If an appeal is not forthcoming , RCWD will have permanently committed itself to the maintenance and sediment removal from Locke Lake at ever escalating costs and tax burden to all of the residents of the RCWD. .RCWD is considering earmarking $5 , 000 in a general fund to help other lakes within the RCWD that will be asking for sediment removal also. This indicates what one fears most: that other property owners within the RCWD will cite the precedence RCWD will be setting if, this Locke Lake Project proceeds and they should have every legal right to expect monetary help in preserving their lakes from sediment build. up. . It is stated that Rice Creek drops only twenty-two feet from its source at Clear Lake to U. S. Highway 10 and for its remaining eight miles, it drops sixty-two feet while meandering tightly through the communities of New Brighton and Fridley . It must be brought to everyone ' s attention that Long Lake in New Brighton is the main receiver of sediment from Rice Creek: after it leaves Long Lake, Rice Creek (and its 62 foot drop) runs partly through the City of .. New Brighton but mainly through. the City of Fridley itself so the sediment' in Locke Lake, which is unnaturally accumulated, is from Fridley ie. Anoka County. .Compromise? RCWD contribute a lesser amount (ie. $50,000) to the Locke Lake project as a one-time only contribution with the reitera- tion that Locke Lake was initially approved by Fridley, the dam was "given" to the City of Fridley, and that the increased valuation of the limited homesites located on Locke Lake benefits the City of Fridley/Anoka County exclusively through their increased tax receipts . LOd E9b2 VEIL Zti9 :01 892bb8LET9 °011 adddOS LO:LT P6d 90 Ndt