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Minutes <br />City Council Work Session <br />Monday, February 9, 2026, 5:00 PM <br />City Council Chambers 12780 Kelley Parkway, Orono, MN 55356 <br />ROLL CALL <br />Council members present: Mayor Bob Tunheim, Alisa Benson, Jacqueline Ricks, Jon Schwingler. <br />Absent: Steve Persian. <br />Staff present: City Administrator Adam Edwards, Police Chief Correy Farniok, Community <br />Development Director Laura Oakden, City Clerk Christine Lusian. <br />LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT UPDATES <br />The City Council held a work session with LMCD representative Rich Anderson to review LMCD <br />roles, current initiatives, and priority issues. Mr. Anderson explained LMCD's main purpose, which <br />is responsibility for docks and on -water safety and identified implementing a watercraft rental <br />licensing program as a key priority. <br />LMCD expanded the quiet water buffer to 300-feet in 2023, added additional safety patrol presence <br />through their "Red Carpet Safety" program, and installed solar -lit buoys. Discussion also included <br />aquatic management topics like carp bow -fishing coordination (calendar, operating expectations, and <br />cleanup responsibilities), LMCD's support of lake improvement districts (LIDS), as well as financial <br />challenges at LMCD related to an added leadership position. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />Work session ended at 5:57 p.m. <br />ATTEST: <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />Christine Lusian, City Clerk Bob Tunheim, Mayor <br />7 <br />