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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 8, 2021 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 23 of 24 <br /> <br />MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT – Continued <br /> <br />Seals also did the polar plunge. She is pumped that the middle schoolers are back and today was their <br />first day. It is very exciting. She hopes soon they can get outside and do more activities – she said their <br />parks need to be open soon. <br /> <br />Johnson received a thank you note on the trail and he thanked Edwards and his crew for keeping that <br />going. It was a good pilot program and perhaps they will receive some follow up from Olson on Three <br />Rivers when they were here. It makes a huge difference and the comment was that the ice is already off <br />of it by and large because the City was plowing it. It was used a lot and he is glad they did that. Tanager <br />is closed and it is good on his end over there, it is so peaceful on Shoreline Drive. He is receiving a lot of <br />questions on how long it will be closed and he noted they are taking down the hill there. He took a <br />picture of a truck on top of the hill taking trees down and said it must be 50 feet high. <br /> <br />Crosby asked if that hill was checked for burial ground. <br /> <br />Edwards replied yes it was. <br /> <br />Johnson said it was from when they cut the channel through there. <br />Edwards clarified it was mostly dredging materials. <br /> <br />Printup said don’t they have rules about taking down trees around the lake. <br /> <br />Walsh said it is the State – they do not apply to that. <br /> <br />Crosby said happy upcoming St. Patrick’s Day to everyone. He noted the trails over the weekend were <br />fantastic. The one thing he will say to the bikers as people are out walking: slow down, you are not Lance <br />Armstrong, be careful of pedestrians because they always have the right of way. <br /> <br />Walsh is also very happy the kids are back in school, although his kids are not that happy to get up so <br />early. He was at Disneyworld for the last 10 days, and if anyone wants to know what the mask police <br />look like, just go to Disney. One must wear their mask all the time anywhere you go unless you are <br />actively eating and you have to be standing while eating or drinking. He said there are patrols out there <br />looking for people not wearing their mask correctly. He said it was fun but it got old wearing a mask <br />from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. when it was 80 degrees outside. He noted spring break is coming up so the <br />Council meeting is moved from two weeks to three weeks. <br /> <br />CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT <br /> <br />Olson updated the Council. They contacted the bridge that Printup had mentioned where there was <br />graffiti – it is a Hennepin County bridge and supposedly they are moving it up their ladder. Tomorrow <br />evening Edwards and Olson will attend a special meeting of the Spring Park City Council to discuss <br />providing public works services. He gave a heads up that there is a dock issue working through the <br />process now, it is going to the next Planning Commission and there is some unrest on the residents of Big <br />Island about someone wanting to put a dock on City right-of-way, which is allowed. If the Council <br />receives a phone call on that, they are aware of it. <br />