09-29-2009 Council Work Session Packet

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Orono City Council Committee of the Whole September 29, 2009, 6:15 p.m. Orono City Council Chambers interest level in the work of the Planning Commission. Appointments will be made at the October 12 Council meeting. o Council is in favor of considering a reduction to the number of Planning Commissioners and directed staff to research the process to reduce the Planning Commission from 7 members to 5 members. o The upcoming newsletter includes an article about volunteering as a full-time member or alternate for the Planning Commission. • Watershed Heroes Award o Gabriel Jabbour will be receiving the Lifetime Stewardship Award at the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District awards banquet that will be held at the Bayview Event Center in Excelsior on October 23. Several Council Members indicated an interest in attending. The information will be scanned and sent via email with each Council Member responsible for making his or her own reservation. • Potential Meeting Date for Hennepin County Road 19 Trail o The meeting date has been scheduled for Friday, October 23 at 9:00 a.m. at the Freshwater Center. o Councils and Planning Commission members from Orono, Tonka Bay and Shorewood will be invited. Franchot will not be able to attend. • Engineer's Report,Tom Kellogg o A voice mail was received from Kyle Colvin, Met Council, indicating that he had requested water records from businesses connected to the sewer pipe in Long Lake in an effort to verify the proportionate flow coming from Orono vs. the contribution from Long Lake. Even though the flow from Orono may not meet the minimum threshold, if a majority of the flow is coming from upstream,the Met Council would consider changing the pipe that runs from the golf dome to the MCES interceptor to a regional facility. o The Casco Point Road Reconstruction project is not going as quickly as planned. A hand- delivered memo will be distributed to residents on Thursday or Friday. Jared has been taking photos since the project began to document all stages of the project. Traffic has been very heavy contributing to contractor delays. The crews have been doubled and are working Saturdays to complete their work by the end of October. • Staff provided a brief review of the status of police labor union negotiations. • Staff has requested consideration of a potential temporary employee who would be responsible for some Public Works and CSO duties. Council directed staff to write up a proposal for further discussion. • Olson will draft a letter to Spring Park to be signed by Mayor White accepting the 2010 police service proposal. • Council requested an update/report of summer activities on Big Island at an upcoming work session. I� Page 3 of 3