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- f ■W-r**'' < <br />'• .H' 'I <br />:»W <br />TOs !4ayo£ jnd City Council? <br />Mark B«tnhatd»on. City \dmiaiut;.moils <br />OATS:Octooec 13* 19^5 <br />I LAKE NXMMSTONKA USE AND ACCESS <br />Th« following reocoseots so«a of the aignificont findings of <br />discussion cogsrding Lako Minnetonka at the Council's Septeabes <br />23, 19SS, eeeting. <br />- Miiabec of Users - The perception verses reality as to <br />iaber'*oT^oata and "source* was interesting inthe nuaber of boats and "source* was intarestsag in ;hat <br />according to study done for ONU, the total nuaber of persons <br />using public access did not aaount to aore than 3Sf at any one <br />tiae and was often down in the ltf*-2f§ range. The oiibotaatiol <br />nnaber of osers caae froa the aarinaa, although weekend use by <br />abutting lakeshore access owners was up considerably both in <br />nuabers and percentages on the weekends as opposed to during the <br />week. <br />- now sroblee to Public Access - The apparent prohlea <br />in public aceesoeo is net so auch*the perking and the eenveaieak <br />er ineonveaience of the parking but froa the free P«Mie aeeeen <br />users standpoint (or intended users) is the actual tiae ena <br />convenience esperienced In putting boete in and takim tbea eat. <br />To thin estent the problea is not the opeto that evecyonn <br />has focused on, but it is the nuaber of reap spotn aveilnble far <br />persenn wanting to use the lake. <br />- Total Lako Usage - The attendant question then is if <br />the flow thcougiT the ramps either puolic or private is increased <br />does that significantly affect the total number of users that are <br />on. tho lake. <br />• Safetv and Snforceiient - Acci*' nts and insuries on the <br />lake are not neewasarily a lunction of the absolute voluae on the*tew« « y ^ -------------------------------------- ——--------------- <br />lake, with perhaps i higher correlation to abuses sucn use as <br />alcohol . <br />, i j ».:3,rjnc, <::.i <br />.nInertiac.an . jjv 'oc : tiZi". *hata ’.a i ^uaJc;ort <br />■ u-. J'l ^ -»a .1 r■ 3: <br />- vlho las wnat auti'.oriv/ to cr-^aca cagulations on the <br />lake. <br />- Who has authority to anforce. <br />. ‘.iho 13 doing the prosecution work inU how affectively <br />ir i I'.'.av • <br />-Accfrss Siting - l*rusently the number of osiating access <br />3itc3 apart from mecina Ooctod boats and lakaahora sccasa docked <br />oout» are aa follows;