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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD MAY 13, 1991 <br />(#16)CITY FACILITIES CONTINUED <br />Crystal Bay, Minnetonka, and i3 signed by a Lewis F. Page. <br />Anderson asked Council if they have studied the records <br />pertaining to the title of the City Hall property, and stated <br />that perhaps nothing else can be done with the property. <br />Rich Wysocki expressed concern regarding the effect the 12 <br />inch well installed on the existi g site, should it be chosen, <br />would have on other wells in the area. <br />Jabbour advised Mr. Wysocki that the well would only be <br />utilized in the case of a fire. <br />Norm Paurus again urged Council to consider the existing <br />site. <br />Goetten stated that it is sometimes difficult for people to <br />accept change. She said, "I think Council would be extremely <br />short - sighted if we selected the existing site and the sewer <br />plant property on Old Crystal Bay Road. Whatever facilities we <br />do construct, will have to last and be adequate to serve for a <br />very long time. I do not agree with the aspect of granting <br />ourselves Variances for this property. S:iould Council select the <br />Highway 12 site, that does not mean we are going to construct an <br />enormous, fancy facility. W:: are planning a residential -style <br />building in keeping with Orono's rural character. The City of <br />Orono is growing, and it is the property north of Highway 12 that <br />is being developed. If it were possible to construct all of the <br />facilities on this location, I would be in favor of that. <br />However, that is not the case, and in my opinion, the Highway 12 <br />site best suites our needs now and for the future. I base that <br />opinion on the various reasons that have been discussed this <br />evening, as well as the fact that it. does not make sense to <br />locat:� a new facility in a residential area. Such a facility <br />belongs in an area that has other quasi- commerical facilities." <br />Butler indicated that she agrertd wholeheartedly with <br />Councilmember Goetten's opinion.. <br />Callahan stated that he, and Mayor Peterson, had favored the <br />existing site from the beginning of this process, and that for <br />the most part, he had based his opinion on cost factors. He <br />said, "After Council had voted - to exercise the option on the <br />Highway 1.2 s-ite, I became uncertain about the costs, and though I <br />still favored this site, there was the associated problem of <br />locating the public works department. I do not object to having <br />a split site, nor do -I see the need to grant Variances for this <br />site as a problem. Due to the decaying nature' of the existing <br />public works building, it is imperati=ve that we do whatever is <br />necessary to provide an alternate facility. Such a facility will <br />not fit on this site, so it would be necessary to purchase other <br />property, or locate it on the Crystal Bay sewer plant property. <br />- 12 - <br />