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City Council Minutes June 21, 2021 Page 5 Moved by Councilmember Westgaard and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to adopt resolution 21-47 approving conveyance of certain property at 413 Proctor Avenue NW to First Step Preschool and Childcare LLC. Motion carried 5-0. 8.2 Resolution 21-46 Accepting Donations from the Bank of Elk River, First Bank of Elk River, the State Farm Agency, and the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce for the Slipstream Public Art Initiative Ms. Eddy presented the staff report. This item was pulled this item from the consent agenda as the Council felt it was important to publicly recognize community partnerships. Moved by Councilmember Wagner and seconded by Councilmember Christianson to adopt resolution 21-46 acknowledging contributions from the Bank of Elk River, First Bank of Elk River, the State Farm Agency, and the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce. Motion carried 5-0 Council recessed at 7:10 p.m. to work session. The meeting reconvened at 7:13 p.m. 9.1 LORE Update Mr. Wisner and Ms. Erickson provided an update on LORE activities. Ms. Erickson indicated staff is looking for direction on assessments as outlined in the staff report. Mayor Dietz explained the $100,000 city contribution was based on the 26 city - owned units at $3,800 per unit. He does not feel it's fair for the city to pay that amount if other lake owners are only paying a much lesser amount. He would like the city to pay a fair share. He suggested adding the 26 city -owned units back and taking the total amount of units divided by the total amount remaining in the project expenditure to be assessed. Patrick Plant, Orono Lake Improvement District Chair, indicated the city contribution was based on how things were billed out in 1998 with the city making a larger contribution. He added the city has contributed other funding towards this project such as the Active Elk River funds and he feels it evens out. He mentioned for the OLID the number of parcels assessed is 171 versus the 180 we have. He stated he would be happy to work with staff to figure out the difference. Ms. Erickson indicated she believes 180 parcels were identified in the feasibility study and she's not sure that number can be changed because the study is part of the 429 process. She noted that may be a question for the city attorney. Mr. Wisner indicated the additional parcels could be due to River Place. Councilmember Westgaard stated he believes the assessment should be equally shared by all property owners identified in the assessment, including the city -owned Per1aII I NATUREI