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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, February 8, 2021 <br />6:03 p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 9 of 26 <br /> <br />19. LA20-000048 - TIMOTHY WHITTEN O/B/O I. JACOBS/A. JACOBS REVOCABLE <br />TRUST, 1700 SHORELINE DRIVE, PRELIMINARY PLAT - RESOLUTION – Continued <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />Crosby noted that is every house along Shoreline Drive. <br /> <br />Walsh stated it is seven miles. <br /> <br />Seals understands what Crosby is saying but noted they are only increasing the problem as Johnson is <br />pointing out. <br /> <br />Walsh noted it is something to think about. <br /> <br />Seals agreed. <br /> <br />Crosby said the combination dock makes a lot of sense; as Johnson pointed out, something similar to Fox. <br /> <br />Walsh does not know if the City Council can mandate that they have to have a joint dock. <br /> <br />Crosby said yes, it would be recommended. <br /> <br />Walsh stated regarding the turn lane, the design shows it can be done.