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REPORT OF THE 1992 <br />LAKE ACCESS TASK FORCE <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The Lake Access Task Force was authorized by a LMCD resolution in <br />January, 1992. The purpose of this task force was to meet lake <br />access objectives in the LMCD Management Plan for Lake Minnetonka. <br />These policies and objectives for lake access are not new. The <br />need for public access to the lake was earlier considered in the <br />Governor's lake access study of 1983, and also in the Metropolitan <br />Council Lake Access study of 1986. <br />The goals adopted by the 1992 Task Force were to: <br />1. Affirm the goal of 700 car/trailer parking spaces for free <br />public access to the lake. <br />Establish standards for car/trailer parking. <br />Conduct an inventory of existing car/trailer parking and also <br />count potential car/trailer parking. <br />Prepare parking agreements between the LM^D and the cities <br />and/or agencies which operate the parking. <br />Explore prospective access sites. <br />Examine the possibility for commercial marinas to provide some <br />free public lake car/trai]er parking. <br />2 <br />3 <br />5 <br />6 <br />The membership of this task force included representatives from <br />member cities, representatives from agencies sharing responsibility <br />the management of Lake Minnetonka, and members from interested <br />citizen's groups. For a complete list, see Appendix _ _. <br />Subcommittees of this group conducted detailed studies and <br />submitted their reports to the Task Force. Meetings began in March <br />of 1992 and continued through May of 1993. Staff from the LMCD ana <br />the DNR assisted. Participants gave generously of their time and <br />support. The LMCD Lake Access Committee drafted the final report <br />of the Task Force. <br />Appendixes to this report contain material to document: <br />1. Standards for car/trailer parking <br />2. Inventory of car/trailer parking <br />3 Model parking agreement <br />4. Access site criteria for evaluation <br />5. Roster of members <br />6. Proceedings summary <br />7. Public access map <br />Goal of 700 Car/Trailer Parking Spaces <br />The Task ^orce agreed with the goal of 700 rar/trailer parking <br />spaces located at free public accesses to the lake. This agrees <br />with the 1991 Management Plan. It is compatible with the standard <br />of one parking place for every 20 acres of water surface. This is <br />the standard for the DNR public water access program in the