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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NO.
2584
EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL CONTRIBUTION
TO THE LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT
WHEREAS,
Eurasian Water Milfoil has in the last two to
three years become
a significant problem on Lake Minnetonka, and
WHEREAS,
such weed growth has a detrimental affect on
the aquatic.life of
the lake, and
WHEREAS, this problem also exhibits itself by
interfering with
many of the recreational aspects of the lake
together with making it estheticly unpleasing, and
WHEREAS,
the short time that it has been on the lake it
has rapidly spread
to all the major bays on the lake, and
WHEREAS,
this weed can be easily transmitted to other
lakes in the State
of Minnesota and have a negative impact on its
. tourist and recreational
quality of life, and
WHEREAS,
the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District has
proposed a program
to assist in the control of this weed through
the harvesting and
r-emoval of it over a long period of time, and
WHEREAS,
there have been no budgetings done for this
program within the
L.M.C.D. budget, and
WHEREAS,
the L.M.C.D. has requested assistance from
several sources
including public donations, Hennepin County
Public Works and
the municipalities that make up the Lake
Minnetonka Conservation
District, and
WHEREAS, the City of Orono feels that this is a
significant issue and is willing to donate to this cause.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Orono
agrees to contribute $15,000.00 to the effort, provided that the
other municipalities in the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NO. 2584
donate up to $70,000.00 (not including Orono's contribution) and
contingent upon this program going forward and this money of
Orono's is used for operational removal of the weeds rather than
administrative costs.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono,
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
NO.
2585
A RESOLUTION WAIVING
APPLICATION OF SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS
FOR LOT LINE REARRANGEMENT FOR
RICHARD E. BROWN
FILE NO. 1085
WHEREAS, the City of Orono is a municipal corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orono has adopted
subdivison regulations for the orderly, economic and safe develop-
ment of land within the City; and
WHEREAS, Richard E. Brown and Mary Page Brown, husband
and wife, and Richard A. Erickson and Julie E. Corty, husband
and wife, are owners of certain adjoining real property in the
City and desire to reconfigure their common lot line to accommodate
a portion of a tennis court; and
WHEREAS, the said lot line rearrangement involves an exchange
of small parcels of land to which the subdivision regulations
of the City would ordinarily apply; and
WHEREAS, under Minnesota law, the City Council is permitted
to waive application of the subdivision.regulations in certain
cases.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
the City of Orono.hereby finds that the proposed lot line recon-
figuration constitutes a case in which compliance with Minnesota
subdivision laws and the subdivision regulations of the City
of Orono -will create an unnecessary hardship and that failure
to so comply does not interfere with the purpose of the sub-
division laws'and regulations, and, accordingly, pursuant to
Minn. Stat. § 452.358, subd. 4b, the City Council ot*the City
of Orono hereby waives compliance with the subdivision regulations
of the City*of Orono by Richard -E. Brown and Mary Page Brown,
husband and wife, and Richard A. Erickson and Julie E. Corty,
husband and wife, in connection with the reconfiguration of
their common lot line by execution and delivery of deeds in
the form attached to this Resolution as Exhibits A and B, and
the recording and filing thereof on the land records of Hennepin
County, Minnesota.
Adopted by the City Council of Orono, Minnesota, this 8th
day of March, 1989.
ATT ST;
City Clerk J s R. Grabe Mayor
'Dorothy Hallin