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City Council Exhibit C AGENDA ITEM Item No.: 12A Date: May 22, 2017 1 Item Description: Carman Bay Lake Improvement District �� j",j� G` Presenter: Doug Reeder, Interim City Agenda Consent ��F'� Ho�� Administrator Section: 1. Purpose. The purpose of this item it to set a public hearing for the establishment of a Lake Improvement District for Carman Bay. 2. Background. On November 141, 2016 the City Council heard a request from Orono residents living on Carman Bay to set up a Lake Improvement District which would allow them to fund improvements to the lake in Carman Bay through the levying of a tax on the abutting residents. At that meeting the City Council passed a motion directing the Carman Bay residents to move ahead with the petition and bring it back to the City Council. In order to set up a Lake Improvement District a petition has to be signed by a majority of the property owners in the district. Steve Nielsen, who is heading up the effort to get the required petition, has presented the City Administrator with the required signatures on a petition and is now asking that the City Council take the next step required which is to set up a public hearing on the establishment of a Lake Improvement District for Carman Bay. The full petition with names of the signers will be available at the public hearing, but it appears that there is a vast majority of the property owners who have signed. After the petition is verified to have enough signatures and after the public hearing the City council could approve the establishment of the Lake Improvement District and send it to DNR for their approval. 3. Cost There is no direct cost to the city although since the city apparently owns some land on Carman Bay and the City could contribute to the cost of treating the bay. 4. Funding. The cost of treating Carman Bay will be paid through a levy on the property owners. This will not begin until 2018 and any treatment done this year will be through contributions. 5. Staff Recommendation. I recommend that Council set a public hearing for June 26, 2017 for the Establishment of a Lake Improvement District for Carman Bay. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Motion to set a public hearing for the establishment of a Lake Improvement District for Carman Bay on June 26, 2017 at 7PM. . Exhibit A. City Council Minutes of November 14, 2016. B. Map of Carman Bay Lake Improvement District C. Petition for Carman Bay Lake Improvement District Prepared By: Reviewed By: Approved By: DR