At its July 8 meeting, Orono city council OK’d Craddock Ledstrom Estates’ preliminary plat for a 6-lot residential community between 6th Avenue North/County Road 6 and Wayzata Boulevard adjacent to Lake Classen.
Developers faced challenges involving stormwater runoff management, Orono’s Rural Oasis Study, and maintaining the “rural feel” of the area with perhaps the most unusual challenge being the development’s proximity to the Garden of Sleeping Angels.
The garden, created and maintained by nearby residents Nancy and Tom Sawyer, is a sanctuary for families dealing with grief and the loss, especially for those that have lost infants or the unborn.
Fortunately, the garden’s treeline will be maintained and the property will be uninterrupted from the potential future rural housing development.
The Garden is located at 3405 County Road 6, Orono, MN.
The 19th Tour de Tonka bike ride will return to the west metro on August 3. The 100-mile, 65-mile, and 47-mile routes will pass through Orono on County Road 6 between 7:15 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Tour de Tonka director Tim Litfin relayed at the meeting that bikers from 44 states and 74 of Minnesota’s 87 counties will represent at the event. Trinity Lutheran Church will serve as a rest stop for bikers.
Prospective volunteers can follow tourdetonka.org to sign up.
Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD) representative Rich Anderson presented on various committee activities and budgeting notes.
After reaching a high of 113 percent in 2021, the LMCD has been reducing its proportion of yearly unrestricted funds relative to the following year’s budgeted expenditures. By 2023, 83 percent of its fund balance was unrestricted in comparison to 2024’s budgeted expenditures. Anderson states that the aim is to bring this figure down to 35 percent in the coming years.
Anderson said on July 8 that after the LMCD sold its aquatic weed harvesters, the Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) municipal levy was no longer needed. The LMCD is still able to partially fund grants for neighborhood startups for herbicide treatment.
Per the minutes of the LMCD’s May 8 board meeting, LMCD Spring Park director Gabriel Jabbour stated that the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District is best at handling the invasive species issues of the region.
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