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Background <br /> > Forest Lake is a bay on Lake Minnetonka, located within the Orono city limits. <br /> > In mid-summer 2024, some residents experienced a large area of weeds <br /> coming on or near shore. <br /> > A letter dated July 16, was placed in our mailbox's referencing cut /floating <br /> weeds presented as Milfoil which was likely Coontail. <br /> > By August 9, a group of residents initiated a petition to form a Lake <br /> Improvement District (later referred to as "LID"). <br /> > By August 24, the group reported surpassing the 51% signature threshold. <br /> > August 26, Eric Evenson, Executive Director of the Lake Minnetonka <br /> Association presented to the council that Forest Lake was interested in <br /> forming a LID. <br /> > The purpose of forming a LID is to create a taxation base to fund bay-wide <br /> treatment of invasive weeds. <br />