02-09-2010 Council Work Session Packet

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MEMORANDUM TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: ORONO MANAGEMENT TEAM SUBJECT: INFORMATION UPDATE DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2010 • Attached are special event permits for the Fred Kurz Memorial Run and Tour de Tonka. • Mike met with Amanda Novak on Thursday who indicated that Common Bond will be requesting a letter from the City indicating its general support of the proposed project. This letter would be needed in furtherance of their application to Hennepin County for a $500,000 Affordable Housing Incentive Fund grant (deadline is February 25). Amanda indicated she will forward a suggested letter and tentative schedule of additional key dates for this project, which should be available for discussion at the February 9 work session. (MPG) • Steve Grittman is analyzing potential properties to be re-guided far higher density and the numerical impacts of re-guiding them. He and I are also warking on the necessary text revisions/additions that would accompany these changes - there are a significant number of tables in the draft Comp Plan that will have to be revised based on revisions to the density allowances. We are planning to have this info prepared for Council discussion at your February 23 work session. (MPG) • We received the attached letter from Jason Ziemer, Maple Plain City Administrator regarding the Comp Plan, indicating their support of bike &regional trail connections between Orono and Maple Plain; and encouraging traffic routing from the "proposed" Ring Route to their planned Park-N-Ride just off Baker Park Road. Since the Ring Route (McCulley Road Link between CR19 and CR6) has been in place for 30 years, I think Jason misinterpreted the CMP discussion on this. However, establislung a more efficient link between the Ring Route and their Park-N-Ride would likely require re-opening the closed intersection of Highway 12/Townline Road. Such a move would need significant public input. Now that there is a semaphore at that intersection, the safety aspects that were one of the reasons the intersection was closed are perhaps less of an issue. The poorly situated railroad underpass and potential negative nei�hborhood impacts of converting Townline Road into a busy connector roadway would still come into play. Because the Maple Plain Park-N-Ride seems to have sufficient momentum to actually happen, it makes the Park-N-Ride we had contemplated at 6/12 less likely. (MPG) • I met today with a group of Lake Minnetonka city administrators to discuss the possibility and advantages of a combined response to the MCWD rulemaking process. While we may have some minor philosophical differences with some of our sister cities on specific details of the proposed rules, there are a few key points that we all likely agree on. A small The Cit}�of Orono complies with tlie Minnesota Data Pr�actices mzd Open Meeting Law. The recipients of this electronic file are asked not to "Forward"or "Repl��to All"conce��ning information contained in this email.