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planning and implementation of other activities in the la..e shore communities which effect lake surface use. LMC -hould become the lead agency for comprehensive plan review and planning for use of the lake. This function should be consistent with Metropolitan Council planning coordination, as it may pertain. LMCD should dlso adopt certain more restrictive ordinances on lake use, as it has recently done on the DWI ordinance. A suggested specific example would be to further reduce night-time and peak use time speed limits. The LMCD, cooperatively with DNR and the Sheriff's Water Patrol, should continue and expand its educational activities. b. Hennepin County should continue its present activities on the lake through the Sheritf's Water Patrol and the lake maintenance operations of the Department of Transportation. The MCTFLM, Minnesota DNR and LMCD agree that expansion of the Sheriff's Water Patrol, which has occurred ever approximately the last ten years, should continue until t'�e patrol is at a strength fully equal to its responsibilities, which have increased with added public use. County DOT maintenance must also grow to match increases in public use. c. A principal recommendation is that a rf.gior.al recreation open space implementing agency, most logically the Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District (SHRPD), should prepare a master plan and acquire, develop and operate a regional recreation open space entity on the laKe. The facil- ity should be consistent with applicable plans and should incorporate existing regional properties, other new parcels in the lake and on the lakeshore which may be necessary for its function as a significant regional recreation facility. The facility should provide the follow- ing regional functions, among others: staging areas for ferry or other access to islands in the regional park, shoreline access and docks for fishing, areas for viewing the lake and shoreline, parking and -kan,itary facilities, and boat rentals. Appropriate launch facilities for small craft and fishing boats should be included, especially in zones 3 and 5. The plan should be prepared by the implementing agency, reviewed by LMCD and DNR and approved by the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission and Metropolitan Council. In the event that SHRPD is unable or unw;''' -i to implement the proposed new regional facility, LMCD shoul,' uested to carry out the task as a regional implementing agent, . e latter event, modification of L'ICD's legislative authori be required (see Appendix C). d. Minnesota ur1R should continue its present activities on the lake including: - Providing enforcement by conservation officer patrol including recent expansion in the amount of hours spent on the lake by sr. increased enforcement staff. - Continue to carry out its other statutory responsibilities for such tasks as permit review and wetland, lake bottom and water protection. - Continue to implement those parts of the 83TF recommendations which lie within its authorities, but with closer coordination: with LMCD with particular respect to the selection (i.e., needs assessment, priorities and process for selection) of boat launch and/or shore- 3