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PRESENTATION AT THE PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF 1-17-06
Good evening, my name is Roger Kamin. I live at 14253 Shady Beach Trail N.E. My
house is right next to the access road that Brian Lompart discussed. This access road is
considered to be a City Park, but it is surrounded by homes and it cannot and should not
function as a public park. It should function as a private road for the enjoyment of the
neighborhood much the same as other small access roads to the lake.
My neighbors and I are disgusted with the way the City is NOT controlling this access
mad. It is lowering the values of our properties and we should have our tax assessed
values lowered if this continues. I urge you to solve this long standing problem of this
access road by turning the control over to the neighborhood.
Most of the problem with the access road comes in the winter when there is ice on the
Lake. The City SC)lved some of the problems the rest of the year by restricting parking so
that no trailers are allowed on any streets. This means that most of the use of the access
road is for our neighbors who park their trailers on their own property.
The real problem comes in the winter when you have ice fisherman from outside of the
neighborhood who have no regard for our neighbothood or our property. They disturb the
peace with their loud trucks and ATVs well into the late homs of the night. They often
are driving off of the lake after the 10 pm closing time of the road after a day and night of
drin1cing and fishing. We have pictures where they even drive across our properties.
Trespassing occurs every year in various forms from driving or walking across our
properties to sitting on our landscaped shorelines, and leaving trash all over. When the
water levels are low exposing more shoreline, they park their cars on our shoreline
causing ruts, knocking down small rocks, etc. My neighbors have complained about the
dRn)~e done to their docks and lifts near the shoreline. I have pictures if anyone would
like to see them. The City Police do not issue tickets for any of these violations. I have
called the police a number of times and have found that they do nothing. They say they
cannot afford to monitor that road. They give out warnings at times to no avail.
This latest event with the six cars falling through the ice is just another example. Brian
Lompart's property and his neighbors were trespassed upon to pull these vehicles off of
the lake. At that time the City Police spent many man homs at the site of the access road
yet no citations were issued. One vehicle owner ordered a large tow truck to pull his car
out well after 10 pm which disturbed our neighborhood. There were no police to be seen.
Since the City does not really want to manage this access road, I urge you to turn control
of the road over to the neighborhood. I ask you to consider who you are accountable to,
the taxpayers of Prior Lake, or the fisherman who come from miles around to use the
lake. The fisherman should use the public boat landings where parking is available and
not use this small neighborhood access road 1hat causes disturbances in the neighborhood
which the Police cannot control. I urge you to do what is right for your taxpayers.