HomeMy WebLinkAbout05(J) - Approval of a Request from the Oakland Beach Homeowners Association Related to Dock Slip Placement ReportCITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: May 16, 2022
PREPARED BY: Casey McCabe, Community Development Director
PRESENTED BY: Casey McCabe
ITEM: SJ
AGENDA ITEM: Consider a Request from the Oakland Beach Homeowners Association
Related to Dock Slip Placement
GOAL AREA
OBJECTIVE:
Environmental Stewardship & Recreation
2.Protect and enhance the quality of Prior Lake's surface waters.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approval of a request to extend a Homeowners Association (HOA) two-dock system further into
Lower Prior Lake Prior Lake in 2022 due to low water levels.
BACKGROUND:
Oaklakd Beach HOA received the attached Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
permit to retain two seasonal docks, 4-feet wide by 125-feet long, 25-feet apart, to provide a total of 39 boat slips on Lot 1, Block 1, Oakland Beach 7th Addition.
Current Circumstances City staff was contacted by a representative of the Oakland Beach HOA requesting a one-year
approval to move the south dock up to 40 additional feet and the north dock up to 30 additional
feet into Lower Prior Lake during the 2022 boating season due to low water levels. The docks would be placed in the same locations and in the same direction into the lake as they have been
for the past several years.
As of Tuesday, May 10, 2022, the lake elevation was 900.6 feet above sea level; the ordinary
high-water level of Prior Lake is 903.9 feet. Measurements are taken by automatic data logger at Lower Prior Lake outlet structure.
In previous years the DNR had approved and administered dock permits for HOA dock systems; however, management of HOA controlled access lots is now the responsibility of individual cities
as the DNR no longer administers this type of permit.
Conclusion
The City Council has recently approved two similar requests from other HOAs seeking temporary
revisions for dock placement due to low water levels. City staff is in support of the request as the dock extensions should not create a safety or navigation issue on the lake.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: No financial impact is anticipated due to this request.
City of Prior Lake I 4646 Dakota Street SE I Prior Lake MN 55372
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ALTERNATIVES:
1. Motion andsecond aspartoftheconsent agenda, authorizing theOakland Beach
Homeowners Association toextend thesouthdock40feetandthenorthdock30feetin
2022.
2. Motionandsecond toremove thisitemfromtheconsentagenda foradditional discussion.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. General Location Map
2. DNRPermit
Location Map
Oakland Beach Homeowners Association Dock
Lot 1, Block 1, Oakland Beach 7th Addition