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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD APRIL 25, 1994 • (#9) RECONSTRUCTION OF BROWN ROAD NORTH (CONTINUED) Dale Lindquist, 780 Brown Road, concurred with Mr. Lucas. Irma Alvord, 960 Brown Road, also concurred. Charles Schroeder stated he supported the upgrade for the roadway, without a parking lane, and he felt that the bike path should be narrower than the 8' suggested to keep the road narrow and solve problems. He suggested that perhaps the roadway could be constructed as a rural section rather than an urban section to reduce costs. Carolyn Parrish, 1995 West Farm Road, stated she supported the upgrade, but was opposed to the parking lane. Dennis Platteter inquired if there would be any special assessments to homeowners resulting from the roadway upgrade. Mayor Callahan responded that only 93% of the funds would be reimbursed from MSA funds, and the remainder of the money would have to be acquired from other sources. Mayor Callahan closed the public meeting. Goetten commented she felt that a feasibility study should be done to pull some concrete figures together. Kelley stated that he was opposed to placing no parking signs all along the • roadway. Goetten requested people to keep the easement money requests lower, which would in return reduce the roadway costs, particularly for temporary easements. It was moved by Goetten, seconded by Jabbour, to direct staff to prepare plans and specifications and advertise for bids for a 28' residential design road with a bike path. Ayes 5, nays 0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT ( #10) CITY OF WAYZATA PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY Robert Gisvold, Mayor of Wayzata, reviewed their proposal to construct a new public works facility on land currently located in Orono. He described the proposed location and the sight lines from adjacent properties. He discussed the present situation in Wayzata and outlined the reasons why they need the new facility where they can have everyone under one roof. He stated the proposed site is owned by the City of Wayzata but is located within the municipality of Orono. They proposed that the land be annexed into the City of Wayzata, and in return there are some parcels of land in Wayzata, which should probably be annexed by Orono. He noted that the land they own is non - taxable, so Orono will not lose any tax revenues by allowing it to be annexed into Wayzata. Mayor Gisvold stated there would be approximately 15 vehicles entering and leaving the • facility in the morning and evening hours, but because the work day began earlier and ended earlier than rush hour traffic, he did not believe it would create a problem in this location. 7