8.1. SR 06-17-2019 - Laserfiche WebLink

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WHEREAS, on June 12, 2019, the DNR responded to the city's request for a review of the proposed boundaries of the OLID and advised the city that the boundaries as proposed in the petition for the OLID are appropriate; and WHEREAS, the City Council held their meeting on June 17, 2019, to review the Application and all materials submitted for the public record, and to ask additional questions of city staff and the Applicant; and WHEREAS, the City Council, at the conclusion of its June 17, 2019, meeting on the Applicant's Application, adopted this resolution making the following Findings of Fact and Decision, denying the Application. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, makes the following findings of fact and decision with respect to the Petition by the Lake Orono Water Quality Committee for the establishment of a lake improvement district: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Minnesota Statutes Section 103B.515, Initiation and Establishment by County Board, provides in Subd. 4. Establishment, that a lake improvement district may be established if the City Council determines that: a. The proposed district is necessary or that the public welfare will be promoted by the establishment of the district. b. Property to be included in the district will be benefitted by establishment of the district; and c. Formation of the district will not cause or contribute to long-range environmental pollution. 2. The City Council finds that the proposed OLID is not necessary because: a. The Lake Orono Improvement Association already undertakes many of the activities proposed to be undertaken by the OLID. It is therefore unnecessary to establish a new entity to undertake these activities; and b. The proposed Lake Orono Restoration and Enhancement Project ("LORE") can proceed without establishment of the OLID because: i. In 1998, the city completed a similar dredging project without a lake improvement district in place; and ii. The city has the authority to proceed with the LORE project, and to assess benefitted properties for a portion of the cost of the LORE project, without the establishment of the OLID. 3. The City Council finds that establishing the proposed OLID will not necessarily promote the public welfare because most of the activities proposed to be undertaken by the OLID can be untaken by the Lake Orono Improvement Association and other civic groups and governmental agencies. 4. The City Council finds that property to be included in the OLID will not necessarily be benefited by establishment of the OLID because most of the activities proposed to be undertaken by the OLID for the benefit of the lake can be undertaken by other civic groups of government NATUREJ