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TO: ,-?ay )r and City Counc i 1 f <br />FROM: Mark Bernhar-,3son, City Administratu�lt <br />DATE: Octcber 10, 1985 <br />SUBJECT: LAKE MINNETONKA USE AND ACCESS <br />The following represents some of the significant findings of <br />discussion regarding rake 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 DNR, the total number of persons <br />using public access did not amount to more than 350 at any one <br />time and was of ten down in the 100-200 range. The substantial <br />number of users came from the marinas, although weekend use by <br />abutting lakeshore access owners was up considerably both in <br />numbers and percentae,e-, on the weekends as opposed to during the <br />week. <br />- Flow Problem to Public Access - The apparent problem <br />in public accessesis 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 taking them 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 />- Total Lake Usage - The att•endent question then is if <br />the flow through t_he ramps either public or private is increased <br />does that significantly affect the total number of users that are <br />on the lake. <br />- Safety and Enforcement - Accidents and injuries on the <br />lake are n.t necessarily u function of the absolute volume on the <br />lake, with perhaps a higher correlation to abuses sucl, se as <br />alcohol. <br />- Jurisdiction - It was very apparent, couple ith <br />information learned after that meeting that there is a clues ion <br />of jurisdiction as it relates to: <br />- Who his <br />lake. <br />- Who has <br />- who is <br />are they <br />what authority to create regulat:i:)ns on the <br />authority to enforce. <br />doing the prosecution work and how effectively <br />doing it. <br />-Access Siting -- Presently the number of existing access <br />t.itcs apart` tcnrn macin.I cl >c k��d boat.. and iakeshore access docked <br />boats are As follows: <br />