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Longwood to issue a letter that they are aware that fish can come upstream if we remove the fish screen at the Laura Street Weir and remove all the others in the system. If Longwood does not agree, it will be complicated for us to get the Carp permit. The area upstream is in the City of Longwood and then it becomes unincorporated Seminole County. We as a City do not have any property to put a screen in or the ability to restrict the fish from going upstream based on where the jurisdictional boundaries lies. We would then need to get Longwood or Seminole County to install the screen. We are hoping to be able to give a positive status by our next meeting. Once we do a full lake treatment on Lake Kathryn, it is a good time to follow up with the fish stocking within a couple of months. The fish are really great at eating the "new growth". In their first couple of years is when they are eating the most. Spot treatment will be needed going forward and with our new airboat and staff we will be able to maintain appropriately. A question was asked regarding the size of fish to be purchased for stocking. We try to go from 10 to 12 inches in size. We would like to use the permit that the Friends of Lake Kathryn had to utilize when purchasing the fish and have it transferred to the City. Lake Kathryn was double stocked in the past when the Friends of Lake Kathryn and Lake Kathryn Estates had a permit at the same time and both ordered fish. FWC may lower our request due to that issue. The amount of fish requested is typically 3 fish per surface acre in a water body. The final decision will be made by our FWC Biologist. We will be stocking some of the other water bodies, such as Lost Lake, which currently does not have a Grass Carp permit, although the fish are already getting into it. The FWC will take all of our individual Carp permits and put them into one, so that all the City lakes will be included. As a part of that process we can increase the stocking rate across the entire Chain. The stocking will be rotated every two to three years. If there is not a lot of hydrilla growing, there is no need to increase the fish. There was a question regarding which lakes have had the duck hunting been reported. It is believed that it is Middle Triplet and the wetlands area. She showed the area on the map (projector). Ms. Williams shared that she is not able to share any information regarding this because it has become a court case. FWC funds 100% of aquatic plant management on public plant water bodies that are in their program. All of their herbicides are supplied by the State or reimbursed for their expenses. FWC put a temporary pause on their program, due to some of the public concern related to a wide variety of misinformation. There is a meeting tonight in Kissimmee with FWC for the public to discuss their opposition or support with the current program. A variety of organizations will be in attendance including the Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society and the Florida Lake 1