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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25,2002 PARK COMMISSION COMMENTS—DREW MCDERMOTT, REPRESENTA TIVE —Continued their reappointment, but that the Council would like to meet with each one individually to discuss their appointment in January. PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS —LIZ HAWN, REPRESENTATI\'E None. LMCD REPORT —LILI MCMILLAN McMillan stated that they had their annual meeting with the Hennepin County Water Patrol. They appreciated the two-year plan. This summer they had two drownings that involved long searches that were staff-intensive. If it weren’t for the two additional deputies, Lake Minnetonka wouldn’t have had a deputy at all for those periods of time. Overall, it was a safe summer. They plan to finalize their budget in the coming weeks and hope that Hennepin County will fund both of the deputies for next year. McMillan thanked the Council for helping to fund the project and getting it going. She stated that if Hennepin County docs not fund the project, they would have to design some sort of voluntary funding program. They bought a milfoil harvester a couple of years ago. The program began in the late 1980’s, when they bought five harvesters. Now they’ve replaced one, and plan to trade in two toward the purchase of a new one. They would like to have three to four new machines, and they still have money in the fund for the new machine. White asked about zebra mussels McMillan stated they are working with the Lake Minnetonka Association. They paid inspectors to check at water access points, but w'ould like people to volunteer to do checks. It’s a high manpower and education issue. She stated the-DNR focuses on the rivers. The LMCD revenues and expenses came in on-line this year. White asked if there was anything LMCD wanted from the Council. She suggested getting people to volunteer to give up some property for stormwater drainage to protect the lakes. White suggested they do another educational brochure regarding lakrshore landscaping that the City could distribute with water bills. i