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ORONO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD OCTOBER 8, 1990 LMCD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN /SHORELAND REGULATIONS CONTINUED Acting Mayor Callahan commented that getting thoughts • written down to present to other cities took longer than one would think. Circumstances more than anything prevented Mr. Nettles or Mr. Callahan from being able to go around to other cities in the time frame available. You can't have these meetings with the Council unless there is a Council meeting. It wasn't that Mr. Jabbour was consciously left out of any meetings. Minnetonka, Wayzata, Orono, Spring Park and Deephaven were against the Plan. It seemed hopeful that conveying and writing the views of Orono was about all that would be ncecessary to get these same people to vote. He agreed that more could be done. Jabbour made the point that there are a lot of people in the community who are willing to donate time. They may not want to donate 4 years to Council but they may be willing to work here. The homeowners association came up with unbelieveable ideas to try to recalculate the surface based on the navigable surface excluding the milfoil that contaminated the area. Nettles stated that one of the reasons JoEllen suggested that either Ed or himself go to these meetings is because they had invested a lot of time. He tried to contact Minnetonka Beach but never got a reply. He noted that 60% of the shoreline have voted against acceptance of this plan. The LMCD is in a very equivocable position at this time and doesn't think they have much of anything. Those who have voted against it have thrown a • "monkey wrench" into this plan. He thinks it was approved because so much money had been spent. He feels the LMCD made a mistake when they gave a 30 day extension. This would not be interpreted as an attempt to be reasonable in working things out. If further work is to be done on this and the plan is to become meaningful, they will have to come back to these communities and ask for input. Hurr commented that she has gone to many LMCD meetings as an extension of this Council. STREET LIGHTS - LYRIC AVENUE City Administrator Bernhardson stated that this is a suggestion for a way of looking at street lights and ongoing costs. Possibly it could be charged on the utility bill and those that don't pay could be assessed. Acting Mayor Callahan moved, Councilmember Nettles seconded, to table this item. Motion, Ayes -4, Nays -0. Motion passed. NAVARRE HEIGHTS DRAINAGE City Administrator Bernhardson stated that some of the notices had 7:30 p.m. on them. Althougth the discussion did not come to a close until about 7:35, the public hearing was closed. It is being proposed to be put on the October 22nd agenda before proceeding for comments by people who did not get their • opportunity. A public hearing would be scheduled at the same time with plans and specs as part of the required public hearing 33