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CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 18, 1982 -2- VITA COURSE INFORMATION - Whittaker distributed a pamphlet from the Park Commission explaining a VITA course. ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES - Fraser notified the Council that the annual meeting of the Assoc. of Metropolitan Municipalities will be held May 26 at the Sherton Inn; and urged interested Council members to attend. Councillor Mottaz arrived at 7:15. DEMONTREVILLE ACCESS - Whittaker referred the Council to the letter from County Engineer, Chuck Swanson, stating that the County could not support the City's request for a tow away zone along Demontreville Trail by the Demontreville Access. The County Board agreed to go with the City and County Attorney to the County Court Judges and encourage them to increase the parking violation fines from $5 to $20 or $25. If,the Council supports this action, a meeting can be set-up for Friday. Officers Report on the access - --Deputy Heuer - access is a mess --Deputy Swanson - wrote a total of 25 tickets this weekend.and turned many fishermen away because there was no parking available. Access location is bad. Have had one accident, with injuries, this summer. Only place fishermen have to go to secure their boat when they leave the lake, is across the road in the "No Parking zone. When a boat is using the access you have fishermen waiting on the travel portion of the road to use the access. --Greg Fouks - 7864 Demontreville Tr. - Attended County Board meeting. County Board seems totally unaware of how bad the situation is. County Board and DNR have recommended that the residents pressure the City to close the access & push the DNR access. --Swanson - has mixed feelings on a tow away zone - may be creating more problems. Still going to have problems if the access is closed.- access will be taken all along the shoreline. --Fouks - if a..safe.,proper, enforceable access cannot be developed, then close it - --Whittaker - DNR acquisition of property from Derrick is in limbo. DNR is going to sue Derrick for clear title - covenants cloud the title. This may take more time than condemnation. --Fraser - not convinced that the DNR parking lot will solve the problem, nor is closing the access the answer. --Mottaz - opposes closing the access. --Novak - does not think closing the access is the answer. The burden is not just the City's, have to have the support of other legal bodies - would like to do something as far as the County and Sheriff's Office. --Mottaz -f_Am ltaX7;with the area for 35-40 years. Have had the safest springs "and least amount of abuse to the whole area since the public access has been opened. County Board is aware of the problem - have asked for higher fines and for posts and cables along the shoulders, in the past. --Swanson - any car or portion of a car parked on the travel portion of the roadway can be legally towed - without permission from the County. M/S/P.Mottaz/Morgan to recommend and encourage the County Court to increase the "No Parking" fine to $25. Motion carried 4-0.