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Lake should be of int -set to LMCD because of the number of different ways that problems similar to Lake Minnetonka's are handled in a different setting. For example, "public" access is provided through both public and private launch ramps on a fee basis, with smaller boats paying significantly smaller fees (e.g., $2 versus $10.). New York In New York the interest centered on the Finger Lakes and I = George. There has been remarkably little lake management work done on the Finger Lakes, probably a a result of their size (most are two to three times the size of Lake Minuetonka), their distance from large population concentrations, and their un- complicated shape and shoreline conditions. The only one with any comprehensive planning activities at all is Lake Canandaigua, a 17 aqua.: mile lake near Rochester, New York. A plan has been prepared that looks at most aspects of this lake, but it is a rather general, beginning document. A significant amount of planning has been done on Lake George in eastern up- state New York. This is a 44 square mile lake, about twice the size of Lake Minnetonka. While it is remote from population centers and its shoreline is not as heavily developed as that of Lake Minnetonka it is interesting for two reasons. First, the issues addressed in its plan are very similar to those for Lake Minnetonka. Water quality, shoreland and upland development, and surface use conflicts are paramount. The way the issues are stated and the solutions pro- posed should be directly applicabLe to the Lake Minnetonka situation. Second, the planning environment of Lake George is worth examination. The lake is "within" a state park - Lake George Park - which is a subunit of the Adirondack State Park. Lake George Park is almost contiguous with the Lake George watershed. The plan was done by the Lake George Commission, an agency created under New York statute. The state "park" purposefully includes much private land and a variety of existing and planned land uses. It is more of a cultural designation than a public park as this term is defined in Minnesota, and even elsewhere in New York. The allowance for a multiplicity of uses with- in a publicly -designated resource area and the focus on the lake itself as the primary planning objective are the items of interest. However, most of these recommendatiune are couched in terms of "Should" and "may". California The discussion centered around Mission Bay, San Diego. While this a salt -water body, many of the shoreline and surface use issues parallel those of Lake Minnetonka. The bay is planned and managed by the City under Federal and state coastal management legislation. Controls consist mostly of shoreland zoning an some water use restrictions, mostly of speed and activities. The problema of the Bay are seen wire as land use and water quality problems than as surface