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11789.6 A TOs Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator DATE: January 17, 1989 SUBJECT: Administrator's Information COUf^CIL f/*EET!i^Q C'ljy OF •'“''It— EURASIAN MILFOIL - As you may have noted in the newspapers the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District has held a couple of meetings regarding the issue of Milfoil. The LMCD has been exploring the possibility of undertaking a harvesting program during 1989 and has been looking at a program that would cost in the range of $240,000. It presently is requesting donations for funding but is also looking to the Hennepin County Public Works Department together with cities around the lake to assist in the funding. To date the LMCD has not formulated the amount that they would be requesting from any individual city, but one option that they are looking at would be to raise about half the monies from the cities with the balance from Hennepin County. The amount of about $120,000 is their annual operating budget amount and if it was to be prorated on the same basis as the operating budget the City of Orono would look to fund in the range of $17,000. To date however, no decisions have been as to total amount of program to be undertaken or the amount that will be requested for any individual city. Once the LMCD has made a decision as to the direction of their request it will be brought forward to the Council for consideration. There have been no monies in 1989 budgeted for this contingency. HIGHWAY_12 - In a contact with the Commissioner of Transportation's office it is anticipated that the official 20 year MnDOT funding program will not be completed by the Central Office for another couple weeks. Following that, the Commissioner will be in contact with me to establish a date in the later part of February for a meeting of he and interested persons in this area. I will apprise you once I have heard from the Commissioner as to when this meeting will take place. SAC REFUND - As noted in the attached memo from Mike Gaffron answers to questions raised at the January 9, 1989 have been addressed. The staff will be bringing forward a resolution for the February 13, 1989 meeting. 130 CYGNET PLACE - The owner had contacted the City staff on January 10, 1989 following her appearance at the Public Comments section on January 9th. A meeting was set for Jafiuary 17th and at that meeting Jeanne Mabusth reviewed the options on the property and rectified any misunderstandings that may have been engendered in prior communication. It is anticipated that the individual will be filing for an after the fact variance by the filing deadline for the March Planning Commission meeting to determine if the deck can be left as it is currently constructed.