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County Lake Management District - Their budget would be subject to the approval of the County Board City Funding its own Progress or a Joint Powers - The cities, some of which are over 2,500 would be subject to levy limitations to accomodate any more funding within their current levy limits would be difficult. (It should be noted that levy limits are anticipated to come off for payable 1993.) Metro Agencies/DNR - Funding for the lake from these sources would be dependent on annual political decisions and priorities not only on Lake Minnetonka, but on other lakes through the state. In addition which LMCD would not be out promoting increased facilities on the lake, independant agencies may on their own motivation independently promote separate facilities which may be done in a way that brings that agency into conflict with the City and property owners. The one upside of removing any direct regulatory body on the lake is to determine whether the self limiting. If it is then government regulation may in fact be a waste of time. If it is not, reinstitution of some format may take a long time and require remaking compromises already made in the past. It would seem to make sense that the appropriate shares for funding should bear some relation to those who benefit from the actual use on the lake. No comparison as such has been directly made in portioning out these funding sources. If the funding is to be apportioned to various group the argument follows to a degree, that governance should be proportioned on the same basis. Finally the issue of governance relates to selection of the representatives. Presently it is based on nomination by the Council and they have put in provisions for recall of the person short of their three year term. Alternatives would be either election by community or election by zone. Such however may be a key as to how much control the City Council has in its input to LMCD if it continues.