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POSITION STATEMENTS of the Lakk MrNNirroNKA A ssociation Lake Minnetonka is a public resource available for all to use and enjoy. But Lake Minnetonka is also the most heavily used lake in Minnesota. The Lake Minnetonka Association is concerned about the growing impacts from lake shore and lake surface use on and around Lake Minnetonka, including noise, congestion, safety, fish and wildlife habitat disruption and aesthetic damage. To guide the Lake Minnetonka Association and others in providing for a safe, healthy and enjoyable environment on and around the lake, the Lake Minnetonka Association has adopted the following position statements: /. Public access to ixtke Mintwiotika ocatrs via facilities ranging from small, unimproved atui un- maintanml ri^ts^f\%xty to large improwdfacilities. The Ixtke Mimwtonka Associatiott recog9iizes the public right to have access to atui use Ixtke Minttetonkit as a public h a/tfr body. Concerns with neighborhood disruption, noise, parking, wa.ae and santtar}* management, and taw enforcement tend to intensify as the size and operation of public accesses get smaller. To facilitate safe and orderly public access to Ixtke Minnetonka, the Lake Minnetonka Association supports consolidating public access to larger facilities that: • Provide a seiKtratton and buffer from residential areas • Prttvide for sanitary and Haste di,sposal • Provide and maintain adequate parking and access facilities • Provides tmire effective atui efficient law enforcement ^ Adopted by the Lake Minnetonka Association Board of Directors on September 28, 2001. 2. LcAe Minnetonka is the most heavil}^used lake in Mimiesota. Demandfor access to Lake Minnetonka continues to groH\ thereby jeopardizing safe atui enjoyable use of the lake. Pre.ssure is grttwing to develop margiml lands atui tributary areas on atui around Ixtke MinneUmka, which essentially would expmul the shoreline of Ixtke Minnetonka atui create new motorized watercraft access points to the lake. The Lake Mimetonka Association opposes at^ proposal or development that would expand the shoreline of Ixtke Mintielonka atui provide motorized watercraft access to the Ixtke from a tributary* that is outside the current shoreline of Lake Minnetonka. ^ Adopted by the Lake Minnetonka Association Board of Directors on June 2S, 2001. I %