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<br />Why are LIDs important? <br /> <br />• LIDs are a way to make BWTs more eiective and sustainable, and they help spread the <br />cost out to all property owners. All property owners benefit from BWTs. <br />• Without a LID, fundraising for the BWT becomes a drain on volunteers. If there are no <br />volunteers, there are no BWTs… and the AIS take over quickly. <br />• LIDS ensure continuity of BWTs. When AIS take over (and they will without BWTs), the long <br />and expensive process starts again, along with unregulated homeowner treatment, and <br />more chemicals in the lake. Once restarted, BWTs must play catchup for years to get the <br />lake healthy again. This is costly and involves more herbicides than continued treatment. <br />• Ongoing management of L. Mtka’s water health is critical. <br />o New invasives will come along and we are already anticipating these. <br />o Being pro-active for lake health management is preferrable to being re-active. <br /> <br />Conclusion <br /> <br />We hope you all can see why continued BWTs are essential for our lakes' health, recreational use <br />and preserving property values. <br /> <br />LIDS provide reliable funding and governance mechanisms that ensure environmentally <br />sound, eNective and professionally managed BWTs continue. They also help mitigate <br />ineNective and “nuking” treatments by individual homeowners. <br /> <br />We hope that the City of Orono strongly supports citizen-led LID e;orts for our <br />precious lakes in Orono. <br /> <br />We also hope that more bays on L. Mtka will establish BWTs and LIDs to minimize weeds <br />transported from bay to bay. Perhaps if Orono leads the way on this, more cities and bays will <br />follow. This would help everyone (not just property owners) who enjoy L. Mtka. <br /> <br />The LID formation process requires citizen eiorts. However, the ongoing eiort to manage a LID is <br />more manageable once established, according to Carman Bay representatives who started their <br />LID in 2017. <br />Patrick Selter said he will gladly meet with people seeking more information about treatment <br />processes. He is an expert on lake health throughout MN, and owns PLM Lake and Management <br />80