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-3- Lois DeLon5 8274 Hidden Bay Tr. - Asked about the number of boats allowed on DeMontreville. She lives on Lake Olson - if there are three.spped boats on Olson it is crowded what happens when the allotted number of boats on DeMontreville come onto Olson? Bill Rowe - 8286 Hidden Bay Ct. - lives on the DeMontreville/Olson channel. DNR create situations then provide no enforcement. Enforcement money is available, but he cannot see where they are spending it in enforcement. DNR does not enforcement. Local enforcement expensive only way to handle problems in through access control (size). City must develop accesses that are very minimal and call local enforcement agencies violations occur. Restroom facilities should be a part of any access; fishermen's use of ;the lake for sanitary purposes highly insenses lake shore residents. Jim Delong 8274 Hidden Bay Tr. -Any recourse for,City government torask for the full package. They give us the problems with no solutions. What are other City governments doing? Not willing to pay high taxes for a lake he cannot use. If this is to be made the playground for surrounding counties someone has to pay for it besides Lake Elmo. Administrator Whittaker stated that the City has sent letters stating that if you provide access you must provide money to enforce the rules to the DNR and the legislature. He urged residents to do the same and do it in force. If enough protests are received they will listen. John Crowell - DeMontreville Tr. - Asked what control the City has for access on DeMontreville and Olson. Whittaker explained the DNR owns the access on Lake Jane, the County owns the access on Lake Elmo, and the City owns the one on DeMontreville. The DNR is proposing to buy land and create their own access on DeMontreville. Once the DNR owns the land the City loses control of the access. The DNR has the power to condemn to obtain access property. Jim Yarusso - 5620 Highland Tr. - Asked how the DNR proposes to build a safer access on DeMontreville. No plan as yet, but would fill the lake. Carol Connors - 9404 Lake Jane Tr. - Who will maintain the Lake Jane access? DNR does have funds to maintain the access in the summer or they may contract with the City to do this. No money or policy is currently available for maintenance during the winter. Don Erickson - 8224 Hidden Bay Tr. - Does not know how to respond to what the City wants since there is no well laid out proposals. Concern is with population of boats on the lake. Have to work out solution so that skiiers and fisherman can co -exist. Does not see large number of water skiiers coming out to these small lakes as a prime water ski area. Local or lakeshore owners will be the primary skiiers. His solution - Olson no problem - has only seen 3 to 4 boats skiing for a short period, max. Issue is blown out of proportion. Jim Weyer- Jane Rd. N. - asked if legal action best way to control DNR. Whittaker said the best way to control them is politically. Write your legislator and ask for additional money for policing the lakes or else change the policy for lake access; encourage a more restrictive policy on lake access in the metro area. Fran Pott - Problems do exist now, on a.'low level. Purpose of meeting is o try and steer the situat_iQn1to avoid major problems that would require shutting off everything.