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would never make. What we did request at the last Council meeting we attended, was that residents and lake users refrain from harassing our rowers and weaponizing their watercraft. This has been an ongoing problem. After recent meetings with the police chiefs of Orono and Wayzata, and with the Hennepin County Water Patrol lieutenant, we have adopted new protocols in the interest of our safety. Any future incidents will be reported to and addressed by law enforcement. 99% of our program time is LLRC, 1% devoted to the community On a weekly basis: LLRC adults: 7.5 hours LLRC Juniors: 15 hours Community Ed for kids: 6 hours Community Ed for adults: 1.5 hours (because we are not permitted to hold programming on Thursday evening, only Tuesday evening) 22.5 hours per week of LLRC programming that anyone can join and 7.5 hours of Community Ed time In fact, a total of 33% of our programming is currently devoted to the community. This does not include individual lessons, which are also open to the community. We are taking over the parking lot We spent 2 weeks at Summit Park during the height of the summer doing a usage study. We monitored cars and park users during the times that our rowing programs took place. Data indicated that there would have been plenty of parking for everyone in the lot during LLRC practices. I believe that information has been shared with the Park Commission. We are taking over the park We were encouraged by the city to pursue this process. We were not the ones who came up with Summit Park as an option, so that indicates to us that we are not the only ones who believe we could have all shared the park together. The data from our park usage tracking reflects this. For anyone who just cherry-picked the information in our application and ignored the list of rowing organizations in our state that share space in public parks, you should take a closer look. In our state, and across the country, these partnerships are well established and mutually beneficial, that’s why LLRC pursued it.