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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,August 13,2018 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 14. LMCD—Continued <br /> the weeds are clogging everything up. Nettles stated his personal and reasonable enjoyment is being <br /> affected. <br /> Crosby stated he would rather see the LMCD spend more time skimming the surface rather than <br /> harvesting. <br /> Walsh commented a lot of things have changed in 40 years and that it might be a good time to re-evaluate <br /> how things are done given the new technology that has been developed. <br /> Richie Anderson stated Eric Evenson has previously worked with the Minnehaha Watershed District and <br /> currently is working with the Lake Minnetonka Association,which represents a lot of lakeshore owners. <br /> Eric Evenson stated he would encourage the City Council to continue on with the discussions and that <br /> some of the frustrations being voiced tonight are being echoed by others throughout the state. <br /> As it relates to the weed issues,Evenson stated he has been hearing all across Lake Minnetonka about <br /> weeds washing up on the shore,and that he was just at a house on the upper lake who had to spend <br /> $1,500 each time to clean up her shore,which has to be done a number of times. Evenson stated they <br /> cunently are treating five bays on the lake and that they have seen pretty successful control of curly leaf <br /> and milfoil in those bays. North Arm was treated this year and that he has heard reports that it is better. <br /> Evenson stated as it relates to biomass,blue-green algae is a problem in areas this time of year because <br /> the water is warm. The real problem with the blue-green algae comes from the zebra mussels eating up <br /> the other algae,which leaves a void. The LMCD and Orono are spending a lot of money on water quality <br /> and a lot of the questions being asked are good. The important question to ask is whether the money <br /> being spent is appropriate and whether it is time to re-evaluate the technology. Evenson stated if you are <br /> running a private business,you would have re-evaluated it several times by now. <br /> Richie Anderson, 3205 Crystal Bay Road, stated he owns three marinas and last year there was a massive <br /> amount of weeds on his dock. This year they did not have a weed problem until the harvester came <br /> through. Anderson stated because of that he sent out a letter to every LMCD board member and Vickie <br /> Schleunig got back to him. Council Member Seals picked up the ball and ran with it. <br /> Anderson stated in his view this discussion is way overdue. Anderson noted he only heard from one <br /> LMCD board member and never heard from Orono's LMCD representative. In addition,two emails were <br /> returned due to incorrect email addresses listed on the LMCD website. <br /> A video was played showing the area by Mr.Anderson's dock. Anderson noted the area has no weeds <br /> but the harvester is going by with no weeds being harvested. <br /> A video was played showing a harvester cutting by Big Island near the cable that was previously cut and <br /> near the 8000-volt line. <br /> Dankey commented that seems to be a natural area and that people typically do not boat in that area. <br /> Anderson stated it is a make work program and that they are driving around the lake to spend money. <br /> Page 10 of 14 <br />