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Anna Carlson <br />From: <br />Dustin Rief <br />Sent: <br />Monday, September 24, 2018 9:59 AM <br />To: <br />Anna Carlson <br />Subject: <br />FW: LMCD <br />Attachments: <br />1994_UofM_MNDNR_Effects of Harvesting on Plant Communties Dominate (1).pdf, AIS <br />Programming Overview.pdf; Dear Ms. Schleuning.pdf; Harvesting impact on Flowering <br />Rush.pdf; Minnetonka Premovharvesting.pdf <br />Anna, <br />Please provide this as correspondence related to the LMCD item on tonight's agenda <br />Cordially, <br />Dustin I Rief <br />City Administrator <br />p <br />City of Orono <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />Phone: 952-249-4600 <br />Fax: 952-249-4616 <br />Email: drief ci.orono.mn.us <br />Web: http://www.ci.orono.mn.us/ <br />From: GABRIELJABBOUR [mailto:GABRIEUABBOUR@msn.com] <br />Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 9:00 PM <br />To: vschleuning@lmcd.org; jaygreenfishing@yahoo.com <br />Cc: James Mcwd; swhite@minnehahacreek.org; rich anderson; tfrahm@mediacombb.net; Victoria Seals; Scott Zerby; <br />Lund, Keegan (DNR); Pierce, Ann M (DNR); Denny Walsh; Dustin Rief; glerud@ci.shorewood.mn.us <br />Subject: LMCD <br />09-23-2018 <br />Dear Ms. Schleuning: <br />I attended the August 14th Orono Council meeting and was taken aback by the gross exaggeration and lack of <br />scientific understanding of many of your comments. I feel it is important to correct some of your statements <br />and provide information based on science and facts rather than on an institutional or emotional connection to a <br />program that has long outlived its usefulness. <br />The LMCD's position that weed harvesting may reduce toxic blue green algae blooms is an overstatement and <br />is not supported by science. While research indicates regular plant harvesting may reduce phosphorous in <br />