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,ro: Mayor and City Counc: i 1 f FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator, DATE: October lid, 19n5 SUBJECT: LAKE MI NNETONKA USE AND ACCESS The following represents some of the significant findings of discussion regarding Lake Minnetonr,a At the Council's September 23, 19V5. meeting. Number of Users - The perception verses real ity as to the number' of beats and "source" was interesting in that according to scud- done for DIAP, the total number of persons using public access did not amount to more than 350 at any one time and was often down in the 100-200 range. The substantial number of users came from the marinas, although weekend use by abutting lakesho.e access owners was up considerabiy both in numbers and percentages on thc! weekends as opposed to during the w r? C` k . - Flow Problem to Access - The apparent problem in public accesses is not so much the parking and the convenient or inccnvenienco of the par!;ing but from the frame public accE�s , users standpoint (or intended users) is the actual time and convenience experienced in putting boats in and taking them out. To this extent the problem 13 not the parking spots that everyone has focus -,ed on, but it is the number of ramp spots avai lable for persons wanting to use the lake. - Total Like Usage - The attendent question then is if the flow through the ramps either public or private is increased does that significantly affe-t the total number of users that are on the lake. - Safety and Enforcement - Accidents and injuries on the lake are not neressarily Fu—nc on of the absolute volume on the I ake, with perhaps a higher correlation to abuses such use is alcohol. - Jurisdiction - It was very apparent, coupled with irformation earn d�aitee that meeting that there :9 a question of iurisdiction as it relatf:s to: - Who his what authurit.y to create rogulations an the lake. - Who has authority to enforce. - Who is doing the prosecution work and how effectively are they do inq it. -Accr a«l Sitin�l - renently the number o, existing eccess sit, s apart�i ro m mic a na do-kc,d hoAts to+i 1 .:.Roshnce access docked tx,ats ♦re as f :.,g lows: