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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR JUNE 28,1999 <br />Items 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 14A, 15, and 16 were added to the Consent Agenda. <br />Kelley moved, Sansevere seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. <br />VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />*(#5) Regular Council Meeting of June 14,1999 <br />Kelley moved, Sansevere seconded, to approve the minutes of the Regular City Council <br />meeting of June 14,1999, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />PARK COMMISSION COMMENTS - Sherokee Use, Representative <br />Use thanked the members of the City Council for attending the Park Tour on June 5,1999. <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />Gail Briner requested that her application be removed from the consent agenda. <br />Kelley moved, Peterson seconded, to remove Application #2497, Gail Briner, 1760 <br />Shad>'>vood Road, from the consent agenda. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT - Lili McMillan, Representative <br />Lili McMillan reviewed the LMCD's Year 2000 budget and levy, noting that the City of Orono's <br />share of the levy for the year 2000 is $32,998.54, which is a 24.7 percent increase over the 1999 <br />levy. McMillan stated the main reason for the increase is that in 1999, the LMCD expended <br />$15,000 of the Administrative Fund reserves and $30,000 of Exotics Management Fund reserves <br />to reduce the levy. For the year 2000, the LMCD will not be expending any of its Administrative <br />Fund reserve and only $10,000 of reserves will be expended from the Exotics Management Fund. <br />McMillan remarked that this budget has been approved by the LMCD, noting that she did vote in <br />favor of the proposed budget. <br />McMillan commented that $15,000 has been budgeted for a boat density study and a user <br />attitude survey, and that milfoil management is a major expense. McMillan remarked that <br />presently there are not a lot of options available for milfoil management and that the LMCD is <br />looking at the option of introducing weevils to the lake as one means of controlling the milfoil. <br />Kelley inquired whether there was a downside to utilizing weevils. <br />McMillan stated that to her knowledge there is not a downside to the weevils, and that the <br />DNR is introducing weevils on a small scale. McMillan stated that this option has shown good <br />Page 9 <br />I■