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From: Gary Brown, P.E. [mailto:gbrown@pineng.com] <br />Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 9:41 AM <br />To: jimprossman@gmail.com <br />I would point out that technology has changed dramatically in the last few years that would <br />enable a contractor to locate and remove obstructions or to at least be able to mark these <br />passible rock outcroppings so that boaters would feel safe to use the river as they do on Lake <br />Minnetonka (look at how that impacts our economy}. Why hasn't the DNR used the funds that <br />they are currently receiving from the recently approved tax, to at least prepare a feasibility <br />study of providing navigation to this stretch of the river? Usually that is the process, first a study <br />(a study to determine whether or not it is possible and also to determine cost} and then get the <br />monies either appropriated or identified as a project with the new tax revenue as the funding. I <br />would think that the state would be looking for a project that would provide more people an <br />opportunity to enjoy their natural resource {Mississippi River) and to provide businesses along <br />the way to benefit by increased boat traffic {restaurants, fueling facilities, boat and jet ski sales, <br />etc}. <br />Gary Brown, P.E., Sr. Project Engineer <br />Pinnacle Engineering, Inc. <br />1154195th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55369 <br />763-277-8434 (direct) ~ 763-464-1549 {mobile) ~ 763-315-4501 (fax) ~ gbrown@pineng.com <br />Visit www.pinen~.com -Environmental,lndustrial and Renewable Energy <br />The information contained in this E-mail is privileged and confidential and intended for the use of the addressee(s). If the reader of <br />this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, any <br />dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify us <br />by telephone or E-mail <br />Another interesting development. <br />I have been trying to get a designated channel marked at my portion of the river. The local news paper, <br />Star I~'ews of Elk River called me this week and said that they wanted to inter~~iew me about how to use <br />the river in order to stimulate the econo>ny. They said that they were going to start interviewing the <br />MN State legislator candidates and they wanted to know what question they should ask them about the <br />idea of making the river more user friendly for small boat traffic. This is exciting forme as I started <br />presentations, letter writing and documenting facts on why this plan might work as of last November. <br />It looks like I might be making some headway. I also e-mailed Lyle Glemenson about the information <br />he has from the old t•Vendell Anderson days and the channel up to the Coon Rapids Dam. <br />Gary if you have any input or ideas on questions that the News paper reporter should be <br />asking Legislators and potential Legislators about my proposal please let me know what <br />they might be? <br />