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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD JULY 22, 1991 ( #15)LAKE USE COMMITTEE CONTINUED, Bernhardson's July 12, 1991 memo, and took.no formal action on this matter. ( #16)EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SIREN- MINNETONKA BEACH / ORONO Bernhardson informed Council that the City of Minnetonka Beach decided, in 1988, to purchase and install an emergency preparedness siren, at the recommendation of Orono Police--Chief Mel Kilbo. This siren would provide coverage to portions. of Orono,. such as Crystal Bay. and Big Island. The City of Orono agreed to contribute $3,500 to the City of Minnetonka Beach for use toward the purchase of the siren. Recently, the Minnetonka Beach Council agreed that they would prefer to have an electronic siren, which would function even in the case of a power outage. The City of Minnetonka Beach is asking the City of Orono to contribute an additional $1,800 toward the purchase of the 125 decibel electronic siren, which is more costly than the siren they had first intended to purchase. It was moved by Goetten, seconded by Jabbour, that Council authorize that an additional sum of $1,800 be paid to the City of Minnetonka *for the installation of a 125 decibel electronic mechanical siren in the Hill Road area of Pinnetonka Beach to provide long -term coverage.for Big Island and the abutting waters in the area, together with interim coverage in the Crystal Bay /North Shore area. All voted aye. P4otion passed.. ( #17)HIGHFIAY 12 CORRIDOR STUDY Bernhardson presented Council with a professional services proposal from the Consulting Engineering firm of Strgar- Roscoe - Fausch, Inc., in relation to providing transportation engineering services to the City of Orono for the Highway 12 Corridor study.. He advised that the cost estimate for the services outlined in the proposal would be $7,200. Goetten stated that Strgar- Roscoe - Fausch has an excellent reputation; and that she would highly recommend hiring the firm. , It was moved by Jabbour, seconded by Callahan; to authorize Staff to engage the services of SRF for general transportation purposes, planning purposes, together with utilization of other systems in the Highway 12 process in accordance with the schedule set forth in Attachment B, and that those monies come from the City's Fund Balance after the special-projects amount has been extended. All voted aye. Motion passed. ( #18)CITY RECORDER REPLACEMENT .. Bernhardson advised, that Deputy Clerk, Teri Naab, had submitted her resignation from that position, contingent on the City entering into a contractual. agreement with her as its City Recorder. He further explained that Lin Vee has expressed interest in pursuing the Deputy Clerk's position, and that he - 14 -