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e. The OLID could help manage fisheries and habitat and maintain and improve their quality; and f. Establishing the OLID will help facilitate the proposed Lake Orono Restoration and Enhancement (LORE) Project; and g. Establishing the OLID will facilitate a comprehensive plan to monitor and improve water quality within the OLID as needed. 3. The City Council finds that property to be included in the OLID will be benefitted by establishment of the OLID because: a. Implementation of a comprehensive program will work to alleviate current ecological stressors and recreational impairment on Lake Orono; and b. Property owners within the OLID, and all Elk River residents, will enjoy a cleaner, clearer, safer -to -navigate lake that will provide better recreational opportunities and improve wildlife habitat; and c. A managed lake willmaintain and improve property values as well as add to residents' enjoyment; and d. The OLID will leverage property owners' investment in their properties and the lake by providing an added way to be eligible for public grants; and e. The OLID will give property owners within the OLID the opportunity to participate in management and funding decisions regarding the lake. 4. The City Council finds that establishment of the OLID will not cause or contribute to long-range environmental pollution and improvements to water quality, reduction in invasive aquatic plants and encouragement of Best Management Practices for lakeshore owners contemplated by the OLID will, in fact, mitigate environmental pollution. 5. Therefore, the City Council finds that the proposed OLID meets the state statutory criteria for establishment. DECISION Therefore, the City Council of the City of Elk River adopts the attached Order Establishing Orono Lake Improvement District, based on the findings of fact set forth above. Passed and adopted this 17`'' day of June 2019. Y-inlj nDietzt,�A�or r0 V E 0 1 1 6 T ATUR�