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r <br /> 012 <br /> INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM: 8612-1001 <br /> Lake Orange Questionnaires <br /> December 5. 1986 <br /> Page 2 <br /> one of the twenty-four questionnaires returned stated <br /> unconditional opposition to raising the level of the lake. <br /> The concern over roads. docks. and shoreline erosion <br /> were also evident in the responses to the questions <br /> concerning expected damage and compensation. Six respondents <br /> expected damage to occur to their property, with shoreline <br /> erosion and damage to docks the most common responses. One <br /> person would also have to move an outbuilding. Nine expect <br /> some form of compensation with loss of access to property and <br /> damaged docks mentioned most often. <br /> Most people used the section for additional comments to <br /> reiterate what they had said elsewhere in the questionnaire. <br /> Some did actually make additional comments. though. Two <br /> persons raised the issue of fairness; if they are to go along <br /> with any proposal to raise the lake level everyone. including <br /> corporate bodies. must be treated equally. Others sympathized <br /> with the county's need for drinking water and one welcomed <br /> additional water as a means of increasing recreational <br /> capacity and the number of waterfront lots. One questionnaire <br /> had a three page statement attached whose basic thesis was <br /> that an Environmental Impact Statement for Lake Orange should <br /> be conducted before any action is taken. <br />