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6 MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />HELD NOVEMBER 16, 1992 <br />DNR - MAXWELL BAY PUBLIC ACCESS - CONT. <br />Grathwol continued, "How do you process interest for any particular <br />site, such as for Advance Machines. We are going to have a meeting <br />on November 23rd at the LMCD office of a committee of the LMCD on <br />Lake access to begin to discuss what procedures we can have for an <br />orderly process for bring forward in public properties people want <br />to offer or properties people suggest could be examined as <br />potential access sites." <br />Kelley asked, " do you feel that each community on Lake Minnetonka <br />should share its appropriate share, personally ?" <br />Grathwol responded, "personally, I feel that each community on Lake <br />Minnetonka should do what they do best. The question has been <br />raised about Excelsior, and that is the City that I am from, and <br />I have had a long experience with the City having I i ved there a <br />long time and have represented them in various capacities over the <br />years. The City of Excelsior, and the Council has confirmed by a <br />5 -0 vote, that they will not have car /trailer boat launch ramps in <br />Excelsior." <br />Kelley asked why the City of Orono should then. <br />is Grathwol said, "that is a question you should ask yourselves.' <br />Kelley asked why Excelsior should be exempt. <br />Grathwald replied, "Excelsior has a 30 acre park along the <br />lakeshore. They have a series of commercial properties along the <br />lakeshore, and they have some residential, similar somewhat to <br />Orono. However, they have a lot less area than Orono and they are <br />surrounded by other communities that are residential in character." <br />Kimball stated the situation where property owners are coming to <br />the DNR and asking them to purchase their property is <br />unprecedented, and that attitude has just recently been changing. <br />Kelley said, "I am mad as hell. The DNR has 4 properties, and the <br />City could say you can have those and squeeze what you can into it. <br />Then you have Excelsior, and who knows what other communities that <br />are saying "no we don't want any ". <br />Kimball said, "the DNR has not responded to the position taken by <br />Excelsior, nor has it been discussed i n the Task Force as a whole." <br />Schroeder stated the timing seems all off, as the Task Force just <br />40 determined the process for counting spaces. <br />7 <br />