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LAKE MINNETONKA CONGEUVATION DISTRICT Action Report: Meeting: Lake Use Committee Monday, October 15, 1990. 4-'30 p.m Shorewood City Hail Members Present: Robert Piilsbury. Chair, Minnetonka; Douglas Babcock, Spring Park; Marvin Bjoriin, Tonka Bay. David Cochran, Greenwood, Robert Rascop, Shorewood and Eugene Strommen. Executive Director, arrived after the vote on item 1. Also present: Rachel Thibault, Administrative Technician and Ken Schilling, Sheriff’s Water Patrol. 1. Code Amendment to 2.12, Subd. 7, Regarding Buoy Removal. The committee received a proposed amendment to LMCD Code 2.12, Subd. 7 calling for removal or submergence of buoys no later than December 15 of each year, providing for a later date if authorized by the sheriff after receipt of an application from the owner prior to December 15. Minor changes were also made to Code 2.08.Subd. 3 Impoundment, changing "towing’ to "removal" and deleting "without charge" from the last sentence. Bjorlin moved, Babcock seconde', to recommend an amendment to Code 2.12, Subd. 7 and Code 2.08. Subd. 3 per the draft dated 10-10-90. Motion carried unanimously. 2. Proposed MN Department of Natural Resource Bill for an Act Regulating Personal Watercraft. Thibault reviewed the DNR Bill regulating personal watercraft, noting the following differences with the LMCD Ordinance: o DNR defines a PW as a motorboat using an inboard motor powering a jet pump . . . LMCty specifies watercraft under 14’ in length using a motor powering a jet pump .... o DNR specifies each person on board wearing personal flotation devices, which are Coast Guard approved. Type 1. II. Ill or V. LMCD specifies Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices but does not specify types. o The DNR Bill includes sections on the age of operator and permit requirement. The LMCD Ordinance adopts the Age of Operator definition by reference to MN Statute 361.Ubb. o The DNR does not include the sections of the LMCD ordinance referring to operation within 3U0 ’ of shore. carele.ss operation and prolonged operation, which were adopted specifically for Lake Minnetonka. o The DNR Bill has sections on prohibiting towing persons without an observer, chasing wildlife and operating through vegetation, not mentioned in the LMCD Code. Rascop suggested distribution to the pwc review Committee for comment. Deputy Ken Schilling .said the Water Patrol would like to see the age minimum for LMCD’s ordinance be the same as the State, which it will by the State Statute reference. - continufMl