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PROCEEDINGS SUMMARY, 1992 LAKE ACCESS TASK FORCE STUDY STEERING CONDHrTEE RECOMMENDATIONS The recommendations of the Data Gathering and Standards Subcommittee meeting of 9/9/92 was confirmed. Additional issues were recommended for Task Force consideration: 1. Coordinate site acquisition for Maxwell Bay 2. Coordinate access development of Grays Bay Hwy. 101 Causeway and subsequent closing of Grays Bay Dam access 3. Coordinate access development of Hennepin Regional Park LAKE ACCESS TASK FORCE ACTIONS Lake Access Task Force actions taken 10/21/93: 1. Parking Standards were adopted. 2. The Lake Minnetonka Lakeshore Owners Assn. (LMLOA) presented their board position calling for a reduction of the 700 c/t parking spaces goal. DNR, LMCD and sport fishing representatives supported the 700 c/t parking spaces goal. This goal originated in the 1983 Task Force Study. It is based upon Lake Minnetonka's 14,000 acre capacity to accommodate one boat per 20 acres of water surface. No consensus was reached on changing the goal. Consensus required substantially unanimous agreement. 3. The LMCD Lake Access Committee, appointed January, 1992, was activated to: a. Coordinate related lake access objectives and policies with the Task Force. b. Carry out lake access objectives and policies in the Management Plan which will not be addressed by the Task Force. LMCD BOARD ACTION ON TASK FORCE POSITIONS Upon recommendation by the LMCD Lake Access Committee, the LMCD board on 10/28/92 approved Task Force positions on: 1. Parking Standards for Lake Minnetonka Public Accesses 2. Parking Inventory of 755 current and potential c/t parking spaces 3. A draft model Parking Agreement for cities or agencies identifying c/t parking spaces which meet the Parking Standards. 4. Parking Agreements to be secured by LMCD with cities or agencies. Page 31 283