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11/ #/ui 0:^/; * NCW-07-2001 09:37 aivo^iuess •> MSNCK assoc .; Psgs is tllhtCHPHR CREEK URTERSHED 6124710602 P.13>^ s Okay 's B ay Task Fowi CONSiNSUt B ackground Information The Qfty's Bay Task Force has studied the issue of pubHc boat access on Gra/s Bay since the summer of 1998. They have reached agreement on a concept that removes public boat access from the Gray's Bay causeway and the Gray's Bay dam and instead consolidates it at a new pubiic boat launch at the current Gray's Bay Marina. The plans are conceptual at this point and win be further refined. The fbllowing summarizes the concept New Public Access Site at tha Marina • Thera would be 112 car/trailer parking stalls to replace current parking (i 7 free spaces on the causeway, 22 free spaces at the dam. 73 paid spaces at Gr^s Bay Marina). Four of these would be handicapped stalls. • 28 boat slips and related parking spots would be provided as a way to fund an attendant on site. It is proposed that these would be paid for uy the City of Minnetonka and would be available only to Minnetonka residents based on a system yet to be determined. A gas dock might also be included, but this needs to be studied further. The perking lot would be at a lower level than nearby homes, and the area around the parking lot would be bermed and landscaped to buffer nearby residences. The entrance would be designed to prohibit exiting onto Gray's Bay Boulevard and to discourage entering from any direction other than 101. The driving aisles in the parking area would be approximately 21 feet wide. This would provide plenty of room tor vehictes to pass vehicles waiting to launch If the lurking fUn. the vehicles would then have to exit out onto 101 rather than going through the neighborhood. *Fuir signs would not be posted on lOlbecause if they vwre posM. pe^le might then drive through the neighborhood. Without the signs. There would be fewer boats on Lake Minnetonka from this one site than from the current three sites. The number of reliable parking spots for ofMake boats would number of docks would be reduced from 120 to 28. See ResWente in the area wimout direct access to Lake Minnetonka could launch their The eke would be closed with gates during the winter. According to a trafllc study, there would be e 15% reduction In vehicle trios durina summer i^kdays. 6% reduction in aflermon peak ho^and a 3% surnmer Sati^ays (an additional 11 trips in and 11 trips out) Employee traffic end customer traffic to the Marina retail store and repair se%ice would be elimi^^d^