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To:Gallagher, Carrie
Subject:RE: Council Meeting this Tuesday
From: Friends of Laguna Lake [
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 1:45 PM
To: E‐mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
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Subject: FW: Council Meeting this Tuesday
Forwarded from a local resident.
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From: Jonathan Lindenthaler [
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 08:47
To: Friends of Laguna Lake <
Subject: Re: Council Meeting this Tuesday
I can not attend the City Council meeting. Please have someone read my letter during the meeting.
Thank you,
Jonathan Lindenthaler
9/19/16
San Luis Obispo Mayor and City Council:
Subject: Laguna Lake Dredging
The following proposals would save the City many millions of dollars and get Laguna Lake dredged in the
process.
!. Connect a 2 1/2" water line to the existing purple line that already exists in the lake and let the water run 24
hours a day into the lake to raise the water level to full. The cost is about $100.00 and the City already owns the
water. If the City says that there is a fee for the water that fee is really just coming out of one City pocket and
going into another City pocket. In order to dredge the lake there has to be enough water in the lake to float the
dredge and this is a simple solution.
Council Meeting: 09-20-2016
Item: 8
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2. The City should buy a used 8" dredge that includes all the pipe and equipment to dredge the lake. I have
seen many dredges in good working order with all the parts for about $500,000.00.
3. For another $500,000.00 the City can then hire two people to operate the dredge for a year or so and pay for
the fuel and maintenance of the dredge.
4. The silt from the dredging can be pumped into the existing leg north east of the peninsula and fill it
in. De=watering the silt and hauling it to land fill is a big waste of money. The silt has been in the lake for 50
years and not one person has gotten sick for being exposed to it. The fish once thrived and people ate them
without any problems.
5. Do not even think of taxing the 80 land owners adjacent to the lake. We have been paying higher taxes due
to our location for over 30 years. This is a City park and the City needs to budget for the maintenance of this
park just like all City parks.
I hope that for once the City can use good old common sense to get this maintenance work done and stop
wasting a lot of money in the process.
Jonathan Lindenthaler
1012 Vista Del Collados
San Luis Obispo
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Friends of Laguna Lake < wrote:
LAGUNA LAKE is on the City Council Agenda this week.
Staff is asking Council for direction to move forward with second of the three proposals presented at the
community forum as well as which sources of funding should be pursued.
When: September 20th 2016
6PM to ?. (There are a lot of items on the agenda so be prepared to stay a while.)
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Where: City Council Chambers
What: Staff provides recommendations on the scope of the dredging project and identifies potential funding
options.
http://www.slocity.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=13630 Starts On page 79.
Why: This is not yet the point of no return but an important step forward so we should be there to show
strong support for moving
the project forward.
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