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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 13, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 14 of 17 (MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT, Continued) McMillan noted the City is live streaming tonight’s meeting on the City’s website. Testing was conducted last week, with last week’s meeting being live streamed as well. McMillan indicated the meetings are now available through the City’s website and that she would like to thank Jessica Loftus and the rest of the Staff for pulling this all together in the past couple of months. The residents will also be able to download videos of the meetings from the website. McMillan indicated the Granicus software will have the agenda and attachments for the meeting on the website and will also allow the residents to download the videos of the meetings. McMillan commented the new software will allow the residents to more easily access the meeting information. McMillan noted back in December the Long Lake Fire Department hosted the United Firefighters regional meeting, with a number of representatives from the various local fire departments attending. McMillan indicated she was very impressed with the level of expertise the local fire chiefs have and that the communities are very lucky to have a great group of volunteer firefighters. CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT *9. ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS – RESOLUTION NO. 6362 Bremer moved, Levang seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6362, a Resolution Designating Selected Appointments for the Year 2014. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. *10. WAYZATA FIRE SERVICE AGREEMENT Bremer moved, Levang seconded, to approve the Wayzata Fire Service Contract with the City of Wayzata and to approve payment for fire protection services. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. *11. PHASED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN Bremer moved, Levang seconded, to approve the Phased Retirement Agreement with Ron Steffenhagen. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 12. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) FOR ORONO/LONG LAKE REGIONAL TRAIL PROPOSAL Loftus noted the City Council has been working with the Hennepin County Transportation Department on the turnback of Old Highway 12 and one element of the project is reviewing the trail system. Loftus indicated Mayor McMillan and Long Lake Mayor Tim Hultmann have reached out to Three Rivers to see if there were any opportunities to collaborate on the trail. Three Rivers has indicated they would like to enter into a formal memorandum of understanding, which is basically a commitment to evaluate the trail but is not a commitment to funding any project. Loftus stated the City Attorney is comfortable with the memorandum and that Staff would recommend approval of the memorandum. Loftus noted some maintenance and funding options may be available if the trail turns out to be feasible.