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February 7, 1990 <br />LONG TERM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM <br />Preliminary Summary <br />At this time, the Long-Term Management Program for Lake Minnetonka will have <br />the following Chapters (subject to revision by the Advisory Committee): <br />I. Introduction <br />II. Regional Setting <br />III. Recreation Management <br />IV. Boating Experience and Safety <br />V. Sl\ore lands <br />VI. Natural Environment <br />VII. Management Structure <br />VIII. Implementation <br />IX. RefeTonces <br />X. Appendices <br />A. Authority <br />B. Definitions <br />C. Shoreland Standards and Criteria <br />D. Funding <br />E. Implementation Budget <br />Additional Appendices will be added as appropriate. <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The Long-Term Management Program provides a guide for preserving and protecting <br />Lake Minnetonka while enhancing the use and enjoyment of the lake. It is <br />intended for use by managing entitles to control the level of change that occurs <br />both on the lake and in the adjoining upland areas in order to: <br />a) protect the lake from pollution, <br />b) preserve and protect the natural environment of the lake and its <br />communities, <br />c) provide for open public access and use of the lake, <br />d) protect the local tax base. <br />e) enhance aesthetics, both from the shore and from the lake's surface, <br />f) protect public health, <br />g) protect public safety, as well as <br />h) assure protection of the lake from other detrimental effects of human <br />activities and certain natural process which are detrimental to <br />the lake. <br />To achieve these protection and management goals and objectives, this program <br />covers not only the lake and its shorelands within 1000 feet, but provides some <br />guidance in the drainage basin above the lake to assure that environmental <br />protection is achievable. <br />In the 1960s and 1970s, various proposals were offered to establish regional <br />parks on Lake Minnetonka. None of those came to fruition, presumably because <br />regional priorities were elsewhere. But in the late 1970s, the state and <br />regional priorities were char.gtd. One expression of that change is evidenced <br />by the Metropolitan Access Committee (composed of the Metropolitan Council, <br />Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Trade and Economic <br />Development). In a 1979 published report, that Committee listed Lake <br />Minnetonka as a high priority lake with inadequate access. Regional interest <br />in the Lake was reaffirmed in the 1982 and 1986 Task Force reports. <br />1