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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, July 12, 2010 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 6 of 16 (LMCD REPORT, Continued) White stated at the local mayors meeting two months ago it was the general consensus that it would not be a good idea to eliminate the LMCD. McDermott reported that milfoil harvesting on any of the bays receiving chemical treatment has been suspended until the five year program is over. McMillan asked if the number of charter boat licenses were down. McDermott indicated they are at about the same level. Murphy stated in his opinion there are fewer trips being made but that the charter owners are still maintaining their licenses. PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS – KIM KANG, REPRESENTATIVE Kang stated she had nothing to report but would be available for questions. PUBLIC COMMENTS Susan Seeland asked the City Council to review their Natural Resource Inventory, MLCCS and functional assessment of wetlands since the information is incorrect as it relates to their property. Seeland pointed out there is a drainage ditch that runs from the Middle School hockey arena area which is now being labeled as a stream. Aerial photos dating back to the 1930s shows that it is not a stream and never was a stream and is part of the City’s storm water system that drains into the wetland. There is also a wetland on their property that is labeled as a Manage I, which is also incorrect and should instead be labeled as a storm management pond. In addition, it is also labeled as a wetland prairie, which is incorrect. Seeland indicated she is not sure why these things are being labeled incorrectly and that she would like them corrected. White asked whether Staff has been made aware of these inaccuracies. Seeland indicated she has spoken with Mike Gaffron, the Minnehaha Watershed District, and the Metropolitan Council. Her property has also been designated as a regional significant ecological area, which was never disclosed to her. If it is classified as that, it means that the City intends to purchase the property, which she is not aware of. Seeland stated in her view individual property rights are not being respected. The Orono Service Water Management Plan, along with the CIP, includes a nine acre wetland on their property, which means that the City intends to raise the outlet and change its function as part of a public project. Seeland commented she was not informed of that. White stated a number of items are outlined in the plan but it does not mean that it will be funded and completed. Seeland indicated she cannot keep up with the bureaucracy as it relates to all of the different environmental assessment reports that have already been done. WSB did a report in 2007, but the City Item #02 - CC Agenda - 07/26/2010 Approval Council Minutes 07/12/2010 [Page 6 of 16]