09-25-2010 Council Work Session Packet

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� MEMORANDUM TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: ORONO MANAGEMENT TEAM SUBJECT: INFORMATION UPDATE DATE: AUGUST 13, 2010 Information Update—8/13/10 • Long Lake is scheduled to make their decision regarding the police services RFP at their Council meeting on Tuesday,August 17,beginning at 6:30 pm. Regardless of the Long Lake Council decision, officers and staff will meet in the Orono Council Chambers following announcement of their decision to debrief and discuss the next steps. Police Chief Correy Farniok would like to have Council also attend the meeting in the Orono Council Chambers to participate in the discussion. • Attached is an email conversation Pve been having with Van Erickson regarding Lurton Park. If any Council members are interested in attending a meeting we'll be having with Mr. Erickson in the next few weeks,please let me know. (MPG) • The property at 4725 North Shore Drive (owned by John Roedel who was before the Council Monday for a variance)experienced a catastrophic failure of the lakeshore bank during Tuesday evening's storms. Pictures are attached. The home was not damaged,but an area of the bluff approximately 30- 35' wide and 40' long slid into the lake.This is adjacent to an area that experienced a similar failure in the 1987 "Superstorm"; that area was restored in 1987-88 with buried walls and held up just fine Tuesday night. Property owner was advised of the necessary measures needed to hopefully prevent further erosion in the short term, and to engage a civil engineer to devise a restoration plan for City and MCWD approval. (MPG) • Mike,Jessica and Mayor White will be attending the Met Council Community Development Committee(CDC)meeting on Monday regarding the Comprehensive Plan. The attached letter from Long Lake was forwarded to staff by Jim Uttley noting that Long Lake plans to have representatives at that meeting. (MPG) • The attached email from Chief Farniok includes comments from the Police Department regarding the Tour de Tonka that was held on August 7�'. • The Primary Election on Tuesday went very well with no major incidents. Voter turnout for Orono was 15.9%,which is higher than 2008 at 11.1%and 2006 at 13.49%. A major change in election law this year requires all absentee ballots to be processed in one absentee precinct at City Hall rather than at each precinct on election day. After 3:00 pm on election day,the absentee precinct memory cards were sent to Hennepin County for final tabulation after 8:00 p.m. The results from each local precinct,which are sent via modem,and the absentee totals were merged at Hennepin County and then posted to the Hennepin County website. For those who were watching the web for results,it took longer for the results to post to the Hennepin County website (after midnight)than in past elections. • Two code violation/enforcement files will have arraignment hearings at the Ridgedale court today (Friday).The two cases will be the first out of approximately 40 violations files from this summer's enforcement efforts to reach this point. (MC)