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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD JUNE 10, 1991 ($13)LAKE USE COMMITTEE CONTINUED Callahan stated that the City of Orono has not received their copy of the LMCD's budget information, but that the Lake Use Committee will discuss the issue once the information is presented. It was moved by Jabbour, seconded by Mayor Peterson, to appoint Charles Kelley and Charles Schroeder to the Lake Use Committee. Callahan noted that minutes of the Lake Use Committee meeting will be prepared and distributed to Councilmembers. Butler asked Barrett about a conflict with the Open Meeting Law since three of the Lake Use Committee members are Orono City Councilmembers. Callahan stated that notice of the Lake Use Committee meeting recently held was published and the intention is to continue in that manner. Barrett stated that as long as the public is notified of the meetings, there should be no legal problem. All voted aye. Motion passed. ( #14)HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR STUDY Bernhardson presented Council with a schedule of the upcoming meetings for the Highway 12 Corridor Committees. Bernhardson reported that he and Councilmembers Goetten and Butler had met with the Commissioner Riley of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Commissioner MacNamara, and the Chief - Engineer for Metro District, William Crawford. He said, "To summarize, MNDOT indicated that they are a client - oriented department with the clients being both the communities through which the State Highways pass and the public that utilizes those highways. In that vein, MNDOT desires the communities involved to sit down and work out a solution by the end of the year. If that does not occur, MNDOT will select a corridor it feels is most appropriate." Goetten and Butler stated that Bernhardson's accounting of the meeting and MNDOT's tenor was exact. - Butler added that Bernhardson had done an excellent job at the meeting and had given the Commissioner and his staff_ a 15 minute synopsis of the Orono /Long'Lake-area•: In addition to-Bernhardson's presentation, Butler stated that she and Goetten made an attempt to be rational, non - judgmental, and as positive as possible. She said that the Commissioner told them that they had to work with the City of Long Lake to iron out the differences that exist between the two cities.. *She suggested to the Commissioner and his staff that when -a joint meeting between the City of Long Lake and Orono takes place, that a MNDOT staff member, present at the June 7th meeting, be in attendance strictly to observe. Butler stated that a further recommendation was -made to have Commissioner Riley take the same tour of the Orono /Long Lake ,area that Commissioner Levine had taken. . Goetten stated that Commissioner Riley had been a resident of Tonka Bay for approximately six months so he was somewhat