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V <br />TO: Maycr and City Councilf <br />PROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrato0o <br />DATE: October 10, 1985 <br />SUBJECT: LAKE MINNETONKA USE AND ACCESS <br />The following represents some of the significant findings of <br />discussion regarding Lake Minnetonka at the Council's September <br />23, 1985, meeting. <br />- Number of Users - The perception verses reality as to <br />the number of boats and "source- was interesting in that <br />according to study done for D*,Jl<, the total number of persons <br />using pudic access did not amount to more than : 50 at any one <br />time and was often down in the 100-299 range. The substantial <br />number of users came from the marinas, although weekend use by <br />abutting lakeshoce access owners was up considerably both in <br />numbers ano percentages on the weekends as opposed to during the <br />week. <br />- Flow Problem to Public Access - The apparent problem <br />in public- accesses is not so much the parking and the convenient <br />or inconvenience of the parking but from the free public access <br />users standpoint (or intended users) is the actual time and <br />convenience experienced in putting boats in and takinc then out. <br />To this extent the problem is not the parking spots that everyone <br />has focused on, but it is the number of ramp spots available for <br />persons wanting to use the lake. <br />- T -tall Lake 11sage - The actendent questioc, then is if <br />the flow thiough the ramps either public or private is increased <br />does that significanrly affect the total number of users that are <br />on thrr, lake. <br />- Safety and Enforcement - Ar7cidents and injuries on the <br />lake arq not necessarily a function of the absolute volume on the <br />lake, with perhaps a higher correlation to abuses sucn use as <br />alcohol. <br />- Jucie.diction - It was very apparent, coupled with <br />information learned after that meeting that there is a question <br />of jurisdiLtion ar it relates to: <br />- who has what authority to create regulations on the <br />lake. <br />- who has authority to enforce. <br />- Who is doing the prosecution work and how effectively <br />are they doing it. <br />-Access Siting - Prtlsently the numter of existing access <br />srteas jpart om marina docked boats and lakeshoce access docked <br />boats are as follows: <br />