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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, May 26, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 6 his 13 years of dedicated service to the City as a Police Officer as follows: “Whereas, Jason Barnes was appointed to the position of Community Service Officer in August 2007; and Whereas, Jason Barnes hired as a Part-Time Police Officer on February 26, 2013 and; Whereas, Jason Barnes was promoted to Full-Time Police Officer on May 14, 2013 and; Whereas, Jason Barnes was assigned as the Orono School District Liaison Officer and Investigator 2018 through May 2020 and provided valuable experience and played a significant role in the prosecution of many criminal cases and; Whereas, his years of service as Police Officer has been characterized by his dedication to providing the highest quality police service to the City and its citizens and; Whereas, Jason Barnes has provided service to the community in a fair, respectful, honest, trustworthy, and selfless manner and; Whereas, Jason Barnes is resigning from his position as Police Officer effective May 29, 2020. Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the Orono City Council does hereby recognize and commend Officer Jason Barnes for his leadership and dedicated service to the community as Police Officer. Be it further resolved that the Orono City Council does hereby extend its best wishes to Office Jason Barnes. Adopted by the City Council of Orono, Minnesota at a regular meeting held this 26th day of May, 2020.” Seals moved, Printup seconded, to approve the resignation of Jason Barnes effective May 29, 2020, and approve Resolution No. 7099 for 13 years of dedicated service to the City of Orono. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 9. WOODHILL AVENUE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Edwards noted Item No. 9 was tabled at the last Council meeting for additional information. The Community Service Director spent countless hours putting together the packet looking into the history of the Woodhill access issue. The Council action is focused on the temporary speed humps the City has been installing/uninstalling every year since about 2013. The City was requested to no longer put the speed humps in from residents who live at the end of the road and have to traverse the speed humps. Also, from the City Engineer’s perspective, speed humps are not an effective means to control speed, particularly on a street such as Woodhill, and the installation/removal/maintenance costs $900-$1,000 yearly. Staff recommends removal of the speed humps. Since it is an emotional issue, Staff brought it to the City Council for a decision. Walsh said he did not think it was as much of an emotional issue as a community/neighborhood expectation from a lawsuit many years ago, and the resolution to have the access were the speed humps to slow traffic down. He noted he was at Janie Delaney’s residence and saw a number of large and small vehicles slow down for the speed humps. The biggest thing that bothered him is when he did MapQuest coming from Golden Valley, it told him the quickest and most direct route was to go through Woodhill Avenue through the golf course and go against the one-way road. He stated people are not supposed to come from the other way and they are obviously doing so all the time. He was at Ms. Delaney’s back door and there are people coming through there, especially on Friday and Saturday nights when there are lots of activities going on, and it is a parade of lights going past her house, etc. He said the speed humps were a condition of the Conditional Use Permit (CUP). Whether they lived up to it by putting them in and they somehow disappeared, he still thinks the nature of the expectation was that they were going to stay. Until the neighborhood completely says they do not need the speed humps and it should be changed to a two- lane road, it should probably stay the way it is because that is what was agreed to. He thinks speed humps slow things down, commenting that there was a similar issue on Crystal Bay Road because that was the shortcut going to Lafayette. Residents were very happy to see the speed humps put in at that location. Since MapQuest took him down a one-way road the wrong way, he also suggested somebody call