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r *0n busy days have someone direct people to suitable parking. If all the parking is being used then have that person advise them to wait until another boat comes out of the water. Try to estimate how long they will have to wait, (I have always appreciated those signs at amusement parks.) *Issue tickets for illegal parking. Use this revenue to erect signs, print the brochures and pay for the person managing the landing on busy days. ^Inform the public that Hennepin County does not own the land between County Road 51 and the lake, this is private property. (This also applies to the ice fishermen that cross our property and leave their trash behind or throw rocks onto the ice to see if its thick enough to walk on, or use our dock sections to span the distance between the shore and the ice.) *Make the shoulder wide enough to accommodate the trailers without having them park on our grass. Place "Mo Parking" signs at Tonkawa Road when the right "bypass lane" eliminates the parking spaces and the idiots park on the grass all the way through the intersection to the other side of the gas station. Have Hennepin County mark the width of the road in some manner in order for us to know our property line. Hennepin County purchased property of a certain width, everything else remained private property. *Inform the public that trespassers will be prosecuted *The ideal situation for us would be to designate the shoulder as a bike path and eliminate parlcing altogether. Right now the bikers are forced into traffic when cars and trailers are parked along the highway. Unless the trailers park over on the grass in order to allow room for the bikes. I'm sure that you can think of other ways to manage the lake in a positive manner within our own jurisdiction. THE LAKE is here, THEY WILL COME 80 we may as well plan on it now and manage our guests in a positive manner. Most of the people are repeat visitors that need to know the rules and feel welcome. Most of the people do not cause trouble. There are always exceptions. As the lake becomes more popular it will be harder and harder to manage the increasing number of guests visiting THE LAKE. As difficult as it will be to establish good management of the lake today, the job will only get harder as THE LAKE becomes more popular. I don't see Lake Minnetonka becoming a completely urban lake such as we have in downtown Mpls. but I do see more and more visitors coming out every year. We have lived on the lake since June of 1976 (18 yrs).