02-08-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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ATTACHMENT A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 DATE: January 6, 1987 TO: Metropolitan Systems Committee FROM: Jack Mauritz, Parks and Natural Resources Division SUBJECT: Report on Lake Minnetonka Activity by the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD) INTRODUCTION The Council's report to the State Executive Council, in 1986, contained a requirement on page 20, first paragraph, as follows: 5. Metropolitan Council staff shall report to the Metropolitan Systems Committee on activities on Lake Minnetonka by LMCO, Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District (SHRPD) and other active agencies by Jan. 15, 1987. If no progress or inadequate progress is the case, as judged by Metropolitan Council, an increasingly directive procedure should begin.... This document constitutes a report on the 1986 activity of Lake Minnetonka Conservation District with respect to recommendations from the Metropolitan Council Task Force on Lake Minnetonka and recommends Council action. It also reports, in lesser detail, un activity by SHRPD, Hennepin County and DNR. No Council actions are recommended with respect to these three agencies. BACKGROUND I. Lake Minnetonka Conservation District In essence, the task force report as adopted by the Council recommended that LMCO should become more active as a planning, coordinating and regulating body for lake surface use on Lake Minnetonka. Several activities are recommended in thQ report, including: A. Convening a meeting(s) leading to a memorandum of understanding among the agencies involved on the lake which itemized each duty and an agreement about process. B. Exerting present powers to the utmost and identifying and seeking new powers needed to carry out its responsibility for surface use management on the lake, including preparation of a surface use plan. C. Identifying funding needs for the increased activities and actively pursuing them.