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Executive Summary (goals and strategies to achieve them) <br />2.Alleviate current ecological stressors and recreational impairment (continued) <br />o Establish a program to remove 120,000 cubic yards of sediment to return Lake <br />Orono to its historic baseline depth: an average of 5’ or greater <br />To be funded from a combination of 50% from State Legacy funds or State <br />bonding capacity, 25% through lake property owner assessments and 25% from <br />a very modest city-wide tax <br />o Pursue land best management practices to extend this investment in lake and river <br />infrastructure to a 30-year life cycle <br />o Put in place a consistent Lake Vegetation Management Plan to effectively address <br />invasive plants, native plant overgrowth and algae proliferation <br />It is proposed the plan be funded through the creation of a Lake Improvement <br />District (LID) and/or Friends of Lake Orono Fund