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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 8, 2021 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 22 of 23 Edwards clarified it was mostly dredging materials. Printup said don’t they have rules about taking down trees around the lake. Walsh said it is the State – they do not apply to that. Crosby said happy upcoming St. Patrick’s Day to everyone. He noted the trails over the weekend were fantastic. The one thing he will say to the bikers as people are out walking: slow down, you are not Lance Armstrong, be careful of pedestrians because they always have the right of way. Walsh is also very happy the kids are back in school, although his kids are not that happy to get up so early. He was at Disneyworld for the last 10 days, and if anyone wants to know what the mask police look like, just go to Disney. One must wear their mask all the time anywhere you go unless you are actively eating and you have to be standing while eating or drinking. He said there are patrols out there looking for people not wearing their mask correctly. He said it was fun but it got old wearing a mask 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 Council meeting is moved from two weeks to three weeks. CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT Olson updated the Council. They contacted the bridge that Printup had mentioned where there was graffiti – it is a Hennepin County bridge and supposedly they are moving it up their ladder. Tomorrow evening Edwards and Olson will attend a special meeting of the Spring Park City Council to discuss providing public works services. He gave a heads up that there is a dock issue working through the process now, it is going to the next Planning Commission and there is some unrest on the residents of Big Island about someone wanting to put a dock on City right-of-way, which is allowed. If the Council receives a phone call on that, they are aware of it. Seals asked, wasn’t there already a topic that came up on that. Walsh said that was because they let the lady build or get an easement with her buddy to build a dock. Crosby asked where they are with the flag pole outside. Edwards noted they are all on order. Barnhart mentioned the dock issue and said starting Monday, March 15, the City will have a new Building Inspector. On Friday they sent out 654 emails to property owners or Applicants that had filed for a building permit in the last 14 months; only about 10% of those were bad emails. They are doing their best to notify people of the change and inspections will be scheduled starting Monday through MNSpect. Walsh thinks it would be good to hear an update every Council meeting as that is a whole new thing. He suggested a Barnhart report at the end of the meeting. Barnhart suggested at the beginning of the meeting.