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April 1, 1988 To: New Brighton Park Board ~~r~ From: Maurice H. Anders'f'S~irector of Parks and Recreation Re: Lang Lake Planning Issues The Long Lake Park Advisory Committee has, at its last two meetings, been reviewing plans for development of the boat launch on Long Lake. The concept plan was recommended for approval and has been sent to the New Brighton Park Board for consideration. Long Lake Improvement Association members were present at the LLAC meeting and seemed to be generally satisfied with the plan. An operations plan for the launch was presented and drew more criticism than the development plan. I believe most of the objections to the operating plan have been addressed in the draft that is being presented to the Park Board for its consideration on April 6th (see attached). The Long-Lake Surface Use Ordinance was the subject of a great deal of discussion with members of the LLIA. The primary area of contention was the provision that upon opening the boat launch that waterskiing and powerboating are allowed only between noon and 6:OOpm on weekends and holidays. In October 1978 the City Council created a study group to devise a surface use ordinance for Long Lake. This group was formed by the city and the ordinance subsequently adopted by the city because with the lake being located entirely within New Brighton boundaries, the ordinance is the city's responsibility. The committee consisted of the following persons: Jerry Bensing, lake resident, Jim Borgstrom, Lake resident, George Carlson,-lake resident, Park Board member, Ellen Dahl, Park Board member, Al Levitan, lake resident, George Orning, lake resident, DNR employee, and ex-officio Ken Simons and Maurie Anderson, The committee studied ordinances from surrounding communities solicits input from the LLIA and ultimately recommended the ordinance to the Park Board and City Council for their consideration.