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1387 ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br />METRO WATER ACCESS COMMITTEE <br />I. REORGANIZATION OF TASK FORCE TO METRO WATER ACCESS COMMITTEE <br />The Metro Water Access Task Force was reorganized and renamed the Metro Water <br />Access Committee. The reorganization was done to recognize that interagency <br />coordination on water access is an ongoing program, whereas the term "task <br />force" implies a limited, short-range work effort. The reorganization also is <br />intended to increase the effective use of staff and policymakers' time in <br />carrying out the program and to improve communications between staff and policy <br />makers. <br />The committee consists of: <br />- A policymakers' group with committee representatives from DNR and OTED plus <br />a representative from the Metropolitan Council. <br />- Administrative staff consisting of one staff person from each agency <br />involved with day-to-day issLes of water -access funding and management. <br />- Professional advisers consisting of agency staff with expertise in <br />recreation research, hydrology, water -access policy and other related <br />topics who will work with administrative ;taff as necessary to advise the <br />policymakers on interagency coordination of the program. <br />The interagency agreement titled "A Cooperate a Program for Providing Public <br />Access Sites on Metropolitan Area Lakes" was revised to include a description <br />of the reorganization. <br />2. PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH G,'DE <br />Twenty-five thousand copies of the Metropolitan Area Public Boat Launch Guide, <br />(1987 revised edition) were printed. The guide, a directory of all public <br />water -access sites in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area was revised in April to <br />include all newly developed sites and all improvements to existing sites. <br />The guides were distributed through DNR's Outdoor Recreation Information Center <br />(ORIC), local library systems, offices of regional park implementing agencies <br />and the Metropolitan Council. A public service announcement was distributed to <br />most newspapers and radio stations in the area, thereby provir'ing saturation <br />coverage to residents of the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. <br />MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />In 1987 the DNR, working with local units of government, acquired, developed <br />or rehabilitated IL sites in six counties. Negotiations began or continued to <br />acquire and develop six other sites. Fishing piers were installed at Lake <br />Marion in Dakota County, Thole Lake in Scott County and Tanner's Lake in <br />Ramsey County. <br />A short description of DNR's activities by r, oject follows. <br />T <br />