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Rich Anderson at Orono City Council meeting June 14, 2021 <br />Items highlighted in red were read out loud at the May 28th LMCD meeting <br />CITY ATTORNEY REPORT <br />Attorney Mattick had nothing to report, and noted that the City and Mayor were sued this <br />evening during public comments. <br />Richie Anderson noted the Councilmembers should have received a copy of a document from <br />the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD) Executive Director about the 2022 budget. <br />The Council is invited to provide comments and he hopes someone would strongly follow up <br />with a letter that they are in favor of reducing the City's levy by $11,500. He updated the <br />Council that he found a buyer for the harvesters and is setting a budget for 2 patrolman <br />deputies that will stay on the lake and not go down to the river which is $84,000; the previous <br />year Mr. Anderson and Gabe funded the final $42,000 so they have made progress. They are <br />currently out fundraising and will have a big surprise when the Treasurer's Report is presented <br />at the next LMCD meeting. <br />Mayor Walsh asked how the crystal clear is going. <br />Mr. Anderson replied his area is gorgeous and they drafted a strong letter; he said the LMCD <br />supports the City of Minnetonka Beach getting in bed with Orono to treat Crystal Bay. They will <br />see how that goes. He explained when they did their bay they raised money to do a Lake <br />Vegetation Management Plan (LVMP), and a Lake Improvement District (LID) is for the entire <br />bay. He stated this bay is different because they need a joint powers agreement with the City of <br />Minnetonka Beach who did not see it in their wisdom to step out a bit and take a chance. <br />Johnson said as a testimony on the reality of the difference, he is renting a house straight <br />across. This year with the early ice out, one has to get to 16 feet of water depth right now to get <br />out of the weeds on the depth locator. However on Mr. Anderson's side it is unbelievable and <br />gorgeous. <br />Mr. Anderson clarified the citizenry is doing all this, not the LMCD. <br />Mayor Walsh thinks that is sad. <br />Johnson asked of the $75,000 collected for the Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) from the cities the <br />previous year, how much of that was spent on AIS? <br />Mr. Anderson said Orono paid $11,900 and they could have paid twice what they spent ... it was <br />less than $5,000. <br />299 <br />