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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, October 14, 2019 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 14 of 16 <br /> <br />Johnson suggested showing the plan two ways. There is some flexibility with getting cars off the road but <br />they have to shrink the overall house down. <br /> <br />Walsh noted they cannot create their own practical difficulty. <br /> <br />Walsh moved, Crosby seconded, to table Application No. LA19-000069, Gordon James <br />Construction on behalf of Dale and JonMari Olsen, 3315 Crystal Bay Road. <br />VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br />MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT <br /> <br />Seals stated her team won the boating trophy. Even though the weather was cold and rainy, everyone had <br />a lot of fun. <br /> <br />Seals reported the Bederwood project is underway and it looks very nice. <br /> <br />Printup noted he received an email yesterday about the Polar Plunge and that he is looking forward to it. <br /> <br />Printup noted Minnesota had the current president visit the state last week and that in the future he would <br />hope everyone would be open to any past, present, or future president visiting the City of Orono with <br />open arms. <br /> <br />Johnson had nothing to report. <br /> <br />Crosby reported there was a major house fire on Walters Port on Friday. The winds were excessive, with <br />70-mile an hour gusts. The Long Lake Fire Department was on the scene fairly quickly and they did a <br />great job, along with all the neighboring fire departments. Kudos to the crews and the firefighters <br />because they did an outstanding job. <br /> <br />Walsh stated he attended his daughter’s softball game in Wisconsin where they reached the consolation <br />championship game. He also got to visit the Notre Dame football stadium, which was fun. <br /> <br />CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT <br /> <br />30. DESIGNATE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY <br /> <br />Rief noted a couple of Council members have requested the Council discuss where the funds received for <br />the right-of-way be allocated. The contribution in lieu of the vacation was $35,000. <br /> <br />Walsh stated he would like to see it go into the Park Fund and the Council could provide guidance to the <br />Park Commission on how the money should be spent. The City has done a number of improvements to <br />the parks over the past few years to bring them up to speed and the Park Commission has spent a <br />substantial amount of money doing that. The City also received matching grants for Bederwood but the <br />City has to match those amounts. <br /> <br />As the City’s Park Fund is dwindling down, the City will need to sustain the parks and that he would like <br />to start dedicating funds to that every year. The amount of development land in the City is slowly going <br />away, which means fewer park dedication funds.