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access and what isn't. ("Pure" public access or marina's etc.) <br />It should also be noted on Page 21 that the stated goal of LMCD <br />to preserve and promote Lake Minnetonka as a recreational natural <br />resource is for all citizens of the State. If this is indeed the <br />goal, then the direction of the current plan may be the <br />appropriate route. <br />page 22-25. Lake Dens^* ty Standards - The various standards are <br />discussed as is the concept of useable acres. In Lake <br />Minnetonka's case the useable acres has not been one with which <br />DNR has been in agreement. It comes however, from publications <br />they put out for application in other areas and does make sense <br />for use on Lake Minnetonka. From a DNR standpoint the <br />appropriate density is one boat for 10 acres of total lake and <br />that public access should have half of that, which does result in <br />the 700 slots that is typically discussed. In other parts of the <br />report they discuss public access to include marinas and other <br />types of non-riparian access. The categorization scheme maybe <br />some what questioned, but is not questioned by LMCD's document. <br />One key to the discussion on use is the type of use having a <br />direct impact on the amount of use a person is able to make. <br />Canoes, row boats and to a degree sail craft take up a much <br />smaller usage area than is needed for power boats, particularly <br />large ones. Water skiing takes up the most. It may be <br />approrpaite to either regulate or have users pay based on the <br />amount of acerage needed to be allowed for these various <br />activities. <br />Page 26. The graph discusses the number of active boats allowed <br />under each of the densities but again does not translate what the <br />expected growth is to each of the sectors in which it would be <br />allowed. It would be very helpful to have one chart tie together <br />the density regulations, allocations, "storage" to active <br />conversions of each of the categories to better understand the <br />impace of the proposed density/access allocation scheme. <br />LONG RANGE RECREATION MANAGEMENT - <br />Page 29. The management objectives regulate densities that build <br />from the current 8 acres/unit down to 5. <br />A. There is a lack of definition as to the manner that <br />the density is to be measured - ie. either peak or <br />average peak,