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Plantings at Orono Cemetery_ (spring of '99) - The erosion control at Orono Cemetery <br />includes willow staking and planting bushes that are proposed to accomplished next <br />spring. The Sherbume County Tree Board is interested in doing this work. The final <br />settlement of grant money for this erosion control can not happen until all the work is <br />completed. The erosion control at Orono Cemetery was ranked number one in the <br />state by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources to receive a "Special <br />Projects" grant. <br /> <br />Final planting at the Bickman and Hartman disposal sites (spring of '99) - Alfalfa will <br />be the final cover placed on the Bickman site and red clover will be seeded on <br />Hartman's. The sites have already been adjusted for acidity and fertilizer. To save <br />money the Street Department will likely do the planting. <br /> <br />Final grading and seeding of the Tim Smith disposal site (spring of '99) - Veit is <br />responsible for the grading and the city will probably do the seeding. <br /> <br />Removal of silt fence (summer of '99) - After the vegetation on the disposal sites and <br />access areas from the lake are well established, Veit will remove silt fence used for <br />erosion control. <br /> <br />Future Lake Work <br />The following are staff's recommendations regarding the sedimentation and water quality <br />of Lake Orono in the future: <br /> <br />Cooperate with the Elk River Watershed Board on improving water quality and <br />controlling erosion in the Elk River. It would be logical for someone from the Lake <br />Orono Improvement Association to represent the City of Elk River on this board. <br />John Weicht has already been appointed to the Sherburne County Water Plan <br />Committee, which is another body with whom the city should stay active. <br /> <br />· Continue joint City/Lake Orono Improvement Association meetings to work on lake <br /> and river issues. <br /> <br />· Develop ongoing plans for Lake Orono and the Elk River to monitor fecal coliform, <br /> sedimentation, etc.. <br /> <br />Individual Lake Projects <br />Numerous property owners on the lake took advantage of the lake being drained to do <br />improvements to their shorelines. Only ten of these individual projects, ranging from <br />sediment removal to retaining walls, were for work that required a DNR permit. As of <br />the date of this memo, all but one of the individual projects that required a DNR permit <br />are completed and resolved. <br /> <br /> <br />