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ISSUE 4: NON -LOCAL FUNDING FOR ON -LAKE COSTS <br />The area is the one in which most operating expenditures are made for providing <br />and regulating public access to the lake. The adequacy of funds and the ser- <br />vices they provide are important to the agencies which are responsible for lake <br />management and to the municipalities. <br />Discussion <br />Staff ccilected input from agencies currently active on the lake and found <br />principal expenditures to be as follows: <br />Activity <br />1985 Enforcement -- <br />Water patrol <br />1985 Enforcement -- <br />Conservation <br />officers on lake <br />and in lake <br />vicinity <br />1985 Lake and Access -- <br />Channel mainte- <br />nance, dredging, <br />shoreline pro- <br />tection, buoys <br />and signage; <br />access main- <br />tenance, trash <br />collection. <br />satellites <br />(toilets) <br />1985 Permitting. <br />information and <br />education. <br />research. <br />enforcement. <br />other. <br />Agency <br />Amount <br />Source <br />Hennepin Co. <br />$285,000e <br />-Minn. grant, <br />Sheriff's Dept. <br />$119,000 O ncl. <br />unrefunded gas <br />tax. boat <br />license, <br />federal 0-J) <br />-Henn. Co. <br />budget, <br />$166,000 <br />Minn. DNR <br />$45.000 <br />DNR budget <br />(est.) <br />Henn. Co. DOT $88,000 Henn. Co. <br />budget <br />LMCD $110,000 Levy and license <br />fee. $95,000 <br />*This amount is expended county -wide, an estimated 80 percent is for Lake <br />Minnetonka. <br />a <br />