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-4- ISSUES CAPACITIES Prior to plan approval, New Brighton officials responded to strongly voiced citizen concerns by reducing capacities of several facilities. The reductions included: 1. Changing parking capacity for a large group (reservation) picnic area from 2 buses and 1.52 cars to 100 cars. 9.. Changing parking capacity for a small group picnic area from 100 cars to 50 cars. 3. Changing the capacity of a boat launch from 5 "high speed" and 15 "fishing" boats on trailers to 5 high speed and 1.0 fishing boats on trailers. 4. The development Capital Improvement Plan was modified to move up certain facilities and move back others, principally moving up user facilities and moving back utilities, fencing and. some roads.: 5. County committment to historical site incorporation was more tightly defined . Both county staff and the Metropolitan Council staff expressed reservations about the changes. Nevertheless, a Ramsey County staff response (Appendix I) indicates that, in their analysis, the park could still operate for its stated purposes with the reduced capacities. The plan was adopted by Ramsey County .with the lesser capacities. Council staff agrees with the analysis. PETITION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT STATEMENT A second issue comes from actions which are separate but related. to the master plan. The Long Lake Improvement Association, (LLIA) composed of Lakeshore owners and some other New Brighton residents, has circulated and filed a petition with the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board-calling for an .Environmental Impact Statement fEIS1 on the proposed Master Plan. At an EOB technical staff hearing and before the EQB, the LLIA's attorney concentrated on three issues: potential impact on lake water quality, nuisance noise levels and degradation from use which effects wildlife resources. Although the EIS process continues at the Environmental Quality Board, staff feels it worthwhile to address the raised issues for this discussion, since the questions are raised over provisions in the master plan. WATER QUALITY The water Duality issue focuses on potential impacts from park development on the Long Lake water quality. Ramsey County pointed out during its response .that the plan does describe acreages of bituminous surf ace and of mowed turf grassland in the park. It has not gone beyond these conceptual details. The. Y, complaint appears to be that the plan does not specifically describe how the run-off from parking lots and fertilized turf areas will be .handled:. The