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- The other is in the limited funding available to the responsible agencies. 4. The 83TV statement about the status of F jl'c boat launch and shoreline accc:;s for Lake Minnetonka is accepted as follows: "The Task Force finds that there is a need and a demand frr additional, access to Lake Minnetonka to serve persons wl want to fish and otherwis° enjoy the la4:e in boats and from the sri:,rel ine. There is no demonstrated need for additional lake access for Ljats other than fishing craft and small recreation boat-. Because t'rie majority of the existing public:y- owned boat launch apacity is located primarily on the nor!n and east s;iores of Lake Minnetonka, it is recommended that, additior.-I public boat launch opportunities be provided on t"e south and west shores. In identify- ing new access sites, the Task Force recommends that consideration be given to ten different site selection criteria. Further, there , �Ppportunily for provement of existing boat launcr, ramps and scenic s:.. o sites or Lake Minnetonka. The Task Force conclude; that a key factor to providing the public with access to Lake Minnetonka is the provision of adequate, legal, safe car - trailer parking within a reasonable distance from a I,unchinr ramp. On - street parking of car -trailer units, through sometimes necessary, is less desirable than off-street parking. For on -street oar -king locations to be considered reiiable, they should be supported by Tong-te-m written agree- ments between the appropriate publ�c cr private group and the LK7 , and they should be properly 'dertified with signs as approved asses,. parking. Throughout the Task Force deliberations en public access, the desirab'lity of and nixed for additional on -site parking a launching ramp ites, olo or new, was almost taken as a "given" in any discussion. It the same time, Lakeshore market va!ucs in some eas ake the achieve.nert of this goa: an expensive project." As stated by one MCTFLA member: "Lake Minnet--'7! is in the process of be-aming an urban lake !t's important tr "Acisions to provide appropriate and adequa,., public: access be n+ade now, c some resources are still available. No one has ever question--.d the w,sdom of providing public access on the Minneapolis Lakes, it's Ling now to do the same on Lake Minnetonka. The problems are two: first, the will (or willingness) to imp!eme.-t the nrressary action second, the f i nances to carr y therf, out." Reconnendations "hat action is needed to provide more and getter quality bi— access at boat launches for small craft and fishing Lzats and at shoreline accesr points as pa-t of the regulation of surface use on Lake Minnetonka. 2. That two immediate actions should occur: a. tstaL ;sh a new process for planning and -egulat,ng su, ace _•P a►r. Mi nneto xa, as out! i ned under- I ntergoverr,m^.r*.a ! Coord, r on : eke Minnetonka, elsewhere in this report (see page 12). 6