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Residents urge Mound to oppose Harrison Bay lake improvement district, cite herbicide and liability concerns
Summary
Residents told the Mound City Council they oppose a proposed Harrison Bay lake improvement district (LID), warning it would shift liability and taxes to lakeshore owners and citing health and ecological concerns about herbicide use.
Ed Rockwell and other residents told the Mound City Council on April 22 that they oppose a proposal by the Harrison Bay Association to create a lake improvement district for Harrison Bay and warned the district would impose new taxes and legal liabilities on lakeshore property owners.
They also raised concerns about chemical weed treatments the association has used and about the potential ecological effects of repeated herbicide applications.
The residents’ comments came during the council’s public-comment period. Rockwell, who said he has lived on Minnesota lakes for more than 50 years and on Harrison Bay for 24 years, said a Harrison Bay LID would have the authority to tax more than 230 lakeshore homes,…
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