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To: Mayor Butler, t Orono Council Members �IhG From: Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator r A U G Date: August 21, 1985 Subject: North Shore Drive OF 0kV1�N V Long -Term Public Access Commitment BACKGROUND At the City Council meeting of May 13th, 1985, the residents along North Shore Drive, between the North Arm Bridge and Tonkawa, presented a petition requesting that no parking signs be posted along County Road 51. This is a follow-up to a petition and request in 1982 to prohibit parking of boat trailer vehicles. In July, the City received a letter from the LMCD requesting that the communities work towards getting long-term commit- ments for the parking spots that were designated in Lake Minnetonka Task Force' recommendations. While the LMCD regulations do call for all spots to be within 1500 feet, which would be about the mid -way point between Tonkawa and Baldur Park, they may at least on interim bases be nterested in spots beyond that 1500 feet. ISSUES A. Whether Orono wants to promote the 5-year offsite parking commit- ment requested by the LMCD. This will be in light of the City's previous s*and regarding securing long-term parking, together with a desire to commit spots long-term for public access, in an effort to forestall pressure for other public accesses in Orono. B. If the commitment is made for those slots, whether the appropriate parties are interested in taking other actions to help alleviate the problem. DISCUSSION Since the petition was received by the City, the City and particular the Police Department have been working with the neighbors, particularly Dan Regan, 3410 North Shore Drive. During some of the week -ends in June, reserve officers were in the area together with patrol officers noting .onditions during Saturdays and Sundays. Additionally we requested that incidents of a non -emergency nature be recorded together with license plates of offending parties regarding trespassing. If there are ser=.ous concerns we requested that 911 be used. We had a smattering of each c:f these, but nothing identify an overarching need for elimina*icn of parking. Of the problems we initially identified as being significant, tres- passing on private docks together with the attended liability for the private owners and the "crimes of opportunity" that are occurinq because of that seemed most significantly. Additionally there was some disturbance of the peace, particularly of boaters returning after partying on th:.- lake. North Shore Drive