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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,February 8,2021 <br /> 6:03 p.m. <br /> 19. LA20-000048-TIMOTHY WHITTEN OB/O I.JACOBS/A.JACOBS REVOCABLE <br /> TRUST, 1700 SHORELINE DRIVE,PRELIMINARY PLAT-RESOLUTION—Continued <br /> Johnson replied he thinks the Applicant is right and these property owners will probably come to that on <br /> their own.If he was the property owner and looked down at the Fox neighborhood just down the street, <br /> the one thing they have going for them is their dock access is straight out from their road. There are not <br /> people going across and then going along that road. He said these people are not doing anything wrong as <br /> they are just going off to their boat. Johnson noted there were two vehicles in the water right along there <br /> this year and he does not know the responsibility the City has—maybe it is not their business—and <br /> perhaps it is just up to the County. However turn lanes in both directions there just makes sense to <br /> Johnson because it is a busy road and people are carrying things across. <br /> Crosby asked if they could do docks like they have in the Fox neighborhood for all the houses or for 5 of <br /> the 6. <br /> Barnhart said there is a provision in the City code currently that allows joint-use facilities where riparian <br /> lots can create an asset for non-riparian lots as long as the density of both does not increase over what is <br /> allowed without that joint-use dock. He stated if he is reading that clause of the code correctly,that is <br /> done at the time of a subdivision;the City has said no to neighborhoods coming and wanting to do a joint <br /> use dock that did not have one before because it is part of a subdivision,which this would be. <br /> Johnson was just talking about allowing the two lots that do not have dock rights;he is not saying to add <br /> them down here as that is the worst thing they could do to add more people down there. It might just <br /> make logistical sense for the three which will be after the lot combination as they will be lakeshore <br /> owners. The three of them under the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District(LMCD)can decide to put <br /> their docks together. <br /> Seals thinks that makes sense as Johnson drives it all the time and she drove it and there is no room; one <br /> is testing fate on Shoreline Drive and people drive like morons on that road. She is sorry. <br /> Crosby noted that is every house along Shoreline Drive. <br /> Walsh stated it is seven miles. <br /> Seals understands what Crosby is saying but noted they are only increasing the problem as Johnson is <br /> pointing out. <br /> Walsh noted it is something to think about. <br /> Seals agreed. <br /> Crosby said the combination dock makes a lot of sense; as Johnson pointed out,something similar to Fox. <br /> Walsh does not know if the City Council can mandate that they have to have a joint dock. <br /> Crosby said yes, it would be recommended. <br /> Walsh stated regarding the turn lane,the design shows it can be done. <br /> Page 9 of 26 <br />