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'4' .♦4 UKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT 18338 Minnetonka Blvd. council MEETING MAY 2 4 1999 UII r urUHUNO Deq)haven, MN SS391 745-0789 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S NEWSLETTER Gregory S. Nybeck AprU28,1999 • Exotics This project is scheduled to commence on 6/14/99 and continue through 8/20/99. With the refurbishing of the harvesters this past Fall, it is anticipated the ten • ‘•r figgj should function like new equipment. Consistent with 1998, harvesting priorities \nv;g6r7>j6 will bc based on impediment to public boat navigation on the open water. The crew will assist Hennq>in County and affected cities in public access clean-up on weekdays and weekends. With zebra mussels as close as downtown Minneapolis, the LMCD is greatly concerned that recreational boaters may unknowingly transfer them into Lake Minnetonka. To create public awareness and to assist in preventing the spread of zebra mussels from infested waters, the LMCD is working closely Carmichael Lynch to formulate a new public awareness plan for 1999. Ideas being considered include television and print advertising, public access and marina signage, and a zebra mussel hotline. • Proposed ordinange change relatina to boat storaae density and multiple dock At its 3/10/99 and 3/24/99 meetings, the LMCD Board discussed an ordinance that would amend existing Code relating to boat storage density and multiple dock facilities on Lake Minnetonka. Three areas of the existing Code are being addressed in this draft Code amendment. They include: 1) to minimize the impact of multiple dock facilities, that utilize an outlet, on nearby properties, 2) to change the mechanism for measuring the amount of shoreline to credit when it is a meandering line, and 3) to change the General Rule from 1:50 to 1:100’. The LMCD Board tabled first reading of the ordinance amendment at its 3/10/99 and 3/24/99 meetings, and directed staff to facilitate a Workshop/Planning Session to get input from the member cities. A meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, 5/5/99, for 8:00 a.m. at Deq>haven City Hall. • Charter Boat Mggtingst A Code amendment was adopted by the LMCD Board at its 3/24/99 meeting that makes it mandatory for charter boats with liquor licenses to attend an ^nual training session. Working with Sgt. Ken Schilling from the Hennepin County Sheriffs Water Patrol, meeting dates of 3/30/99 and 4/6/99 were scheduled to facilitate 100% attendance by the charter boat licensee or authorized representative. The discussion at these mwtings focused on LMCD charter boat rules and regulatibns including general responsibilities, operational rules, and related liquor n Jes. No new or renewal liquor license has been granted for those charter boats who did not send a representative to one of these meeting dates. • 1QQQ Lake ]tftnnA>nnkfl Shoreline Count: Staff is preparing to conduct a shoreline storage count for watercraft beginning in June. This management plan project, which was conducted in 1998, is to be completed every two years. When the Report was presented last summer,