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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PUBLIC ACCESS AND SURFACE USE MANAGEMENIT OF LAKE MINNETONKA Mission Statement 1. Tne Metropolitan Council will conduct a comprehensive review of Lake Minnetonka surface use and management including public access needs. The Council will use the "Report of the Lake Minnetonka Task Force" (June 1983) as the basis for the review. Based on that review, the Council will develop and submit to the Executive Council a comprehensive plan which considers the public's right to use/enjoy the lake within environmental, safety, user satisfaction, land use and other public service constraints. 2. The Metropolitan Council will develop recommendations for an ongoing public participation proses, and intergovernment planning and negotiations process to resolve future lake management issues. 3. The Metropolitan Council's comprehensive review procedure will allow all citizens/government entities concerned with this issue a reasonable opportinity to express their viewpoints. Review Procedure 1. The M,'-ropolit,, 'ouncil will form an ad hoc committee composed of five Council members i one person from the Lake Minnetonka Conservation Dist- rict, one person (-,m the Minn0aha Creek Watershed District Board, two city council members from Lake �'innetonka communities, and one person from the Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources (DNR), to conduct the compre- hensive review. she committee Sill be chaired by Patrick Scully. 2. The ad hoc co^nr:ittee will hold a public meeting or r-aetings and specific- ally invite representatives from the DNR, the 14 cities abutting Lake Minnetonka, the Lake Minnetonka ;:onservation District, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, the Hennepin County Board and the Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District, and ask them to: a. Show how the lake is managed under their statutory authority. b. Define their critical interests in managing the lake and land use. Present land use and public service issues whi ire affected by lake access/use. d. Describe how they are imp>>:nenting the recom ations of the Lake Minnetonka Task Force. e. Identify barriers and solutions to overcome barriers to implement the Lake Minnetonka Task Force recommendations. f. Suggest proposals for public participation procedures and intergovern- rment planning and negotiations procedures or lake management issues. These procedures should create a participatory derision -making climate and should resolve conflicts by serving the public interest. s�. Give the ad hoc committee comments/suggestions on the remaining steps of the review procedure. Tasks 1 and 2 will be completed by Nov. 2.7, 111"1.