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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 22, 2007 7:00 o'clock p.m. (Public Comments, Continued) Kellogg stated dormant seed could be put down as well as fabric to help prevent erosion and that the work should really be done in the next couple of weeks. Garlock inquired whether he could purchase the property. White stated the City would need to vacate the property and then split it between the two property owners, which they do not foresee doing at this point in time. Garlock asked whether he could obtain after - the -fact permission for the work. Rahn stated it is difficult to foresee what the future use of the area will be and that the Council is really not in a position to vacate the property at this time. It was the consensus of the City Council that the gravel be removed from the city -owned property. Dave Runkel, 2684 Casco Point Road, stated this Wednesday is the third and last meeting regarding the lake vegetation management plan and that in his opinion there is a lack of adequate representation at the meetings. • Runkel stated the group is focusing mainly on milfoil and not the entire scope of the problem. • Approximately ten lakeshore owners attended the last meeting. Runkel stated he recommended that the project focus on all of the issues rather than just milfoil and that a larger survey should be conducted of more property owners. McMillan inquired what other weed problems exist in this area besides the milfoil. Runkel stated the weeds would probably be considered native vegetation by the DNR and that there was also a comment made that people attempt to make slough land into lakeshore. Runkel stated he personally, as well as the other residents that were in attendance, felt the experience so far has not been a success. Runkel stated he would like to see some representation from the City at the upcoming meeting. Murphy inquired whether this is an LMCD project. Runkel stated this is a Lake Management Association initiative with LMCD participation and that in his opinion harvesting of the milfoil is not going to solve the problem. McMillan commented that the Army Corps of Engineers is also involved. Rahn asked whether one of the issues is that they are not looking at other solutions. Runkel stated the comment that they use is that the experiment is promising and that in his opinion it is not promising given the results. The situation on Casco Point has gradually gotten worse, with erosion • also becoming a problem. PAGE 4 1,