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- 3 - <br />year and their involvement has been very limited. The Board of Govenors <br />was repealed out of existence in 1976 by the State Legislature. <br />3. Title to the Land <br />There have been many references to a reversion of the property to the <br />State Park System if the --w:qp ever ceases to be operated as a veterans' <br />camp. There ap7,errs to ue no factual basis for this. The ,itle is vested <br />in the c+ate of Minnesota by deed and by statute. There are no provisions <br />for any such reversion. There is a weak reversionary clruse in Doc. #4459527 <br />alluding to the Board of Governors if the facility is not used for ieterans. <br />4. 71nancial Status <br />The camp continues to opera+e mainly on tees, a $3,000 annual appropriation <br />by Hennepin County, and some donations. This has allowed Lt to operate at Just <br />above a break-even point. Of course, there have been no improve:.,4nts made <br />and only -,olutely necessary maintenance is performed. The improvement fund <br />still exists. <br />5. Use of the Camp <br />The camp is used t.y approximately 300 families per year for periods of one <br />to two weeks. Other veterans use the facilities for shorter ner;od5. <br />The surrounding shallow waters ettrac` hundreds of boaters from the lake, but <br />since most of them anchor on the north side and do not land, they are not a <br />probitm. The rates remain low - $75.00 per adult per week. That includes <br />a cabin and all meals. Approximately three -fourths of the users are Hennepin <br />County •esidents and two-thirds of them attend each year on a regular basis. <br />6. Admission Policy <br />The statute says that the camp may be used by disabled American Veterans and <br />such other "sick, ailing, or unfortunate ex ser emen" ')e Board deems <br />advi ible from time to time. Minnesota Statute 197-18 allows counties to <br />appropriate for rest camps used by 4�sabled and needy veterans and their <br />familie , A rough estimate indicates that perhaps tilt of the users of the <br />carp could be classified as disabled or needy, This deviatior from policy <br />apperrs to be due in part to a very liberal "guest" po!icy and to the fact <br />that so er)ny of the users return year after year and their status changes. <br />ihere is Iitti, knowledqur of the existence of the camp within the veteran <br />