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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, July 24, 2017 7:00 o'clock p.m. 15. CARMAN BAY LAKE IMPROVEMENT PUBLIC HEARING — RESOLUTION NO. 6781 -Continued Nielsen stated the next slide provides an idea of how the LID will be funded. There will be a tax levy to those property owners within the district. At the present time there is a proposed budget of $20,000, which will amount to approximately $200 per year for the lakeshore people and $100 a year for the undeveloped lots. The first actual budget will be established by a seven -member advisory board that will be appointed by the City. Every two years thereafter the members of the district will elect the board members. These people will create a budget, set up the bylaws, etc. Nielsen stated they would suggest a $200 tax per year for the lakeshore lots, $150 for the cove residents, and $100 for the undeveloped lots, which accounts for the $20,600. Nielsen read some letters of support from the Lake Minnetonka Association, Lake Minnetonka Conservation District, and the City of Greenwood. Nielsen stated the benefits of the Carman Bay LID include improvement of the health and esthetics of Carman Bay, to provide consistent, sustainable funding and therefore consistent treatment, to reduce overall costs, to reduce use of chemicals, to keep harvesters out of the bay, to provide the residents with the ability to deal with unforeseen AIS issues, and to create an advisory board to provide best management practices. Ted Chalupsky, 2530 Casco Point Road, stated the letter from Greenwood highlights the benefits of the LID and that he would like to thank the committee who has been working on this for a number of years. Chalupsky stated he is speaking in support of the LID on behalf of several neighbors who could not be here tonight. Anthony Determen, 3026 Casco Point Road, stated he is opposed to the LID because he resides in the cove and this will not benefit him very much. Determen stated he does not believe Carman Bay is very conducive for a LID, and since the cove does not benefit from it, those residents should be excluded from it. Determen stated there is a question of whether the treatments are going to be effective since Cayman's Bay is located in the middle part of the lake and there is a lot of traffic going east and west that creates a lot of waves. Determen stated in the long run he does not see how they will be able to control any invasive species. Determen stated the agencies that have signed off on this win because it will be off their plate. Determen commented he has been told that his property values are going to go up but that in actuality the weeds will not be gone in the cove because the cove acts as a biofilter to help clarify the water before it gets to the lake. As a result, his property value will go down because there will still be weeds even though there is a LID. Determen noted he does not spend that much time in Carman's Bay and that he will have to pay in without receiving any benefit. Determen also expressed concern about how many years they will have to pay in and that he would like to know that. Determen stated once the LID is established, it will be hard to quit it, and that the experts should be dealing with the milfoil rather than every bay having its own LID. Page 4