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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 15 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 />Crosby noted there is a boat over in that area. <br /> <br />Mrs. Burwell said, the community docks over at Heritage. <br /> <br />Crosby replied no, near the float plane he has seen a boat there before. <br /> <br />Mrs. Burwell asked if he meant the Stevenson’s? <br /> <br />Crosby does not know. <br /> <br />Mrs. Burwell stated the Stevenson’s over by Bracketts Point, and that is part of the Green Trees <br />development. She said the Stevenson’s have a parcel but the Wilsons do not put a boat over there because <br />the crossing is so dangerous with cars coming across the roadway. The Stevenson’s have even indicated <br />that they would be more than happy to move from Green Trees to be able to be on the lake because of the <br />danger of crossing with their three sons. <br /> <br />Crosby asked if Mrs. Burwell keeps a boat on the lake. <br /> <br />Mrs. Burwell replied they do on Tanager Lake and to that degree she would like to address that she owns <br />a property on Green Trees and took the house down. By ordinance or whatever the Orono rules are, she is <br />not allowed to have a dock there because she does not have a structure on it. She has a lot of lakeshore on <br />Tanager but she is not allowed to have a dock at Green Trees and she has been in consultation with <br />Melanie Curtis over the years to understand that. Mrs. Burwell said she has “X” amount of boats that by <br />code she is allowed to have at Tanager. Quite frankly, she thinks she has too many boats because she has <br />sons and they have too many toys, but that is a whole different story. She said Tanager is a whole other <br />discussion because it is becoming even more popular and there are issues with Tanager and the safety <br />because of the marina. Mrs. Burwell noted she and Johnson live on Tanager and have seen the traffic. <br /> <br />Johnson stated he is not part of the danger. <br /> <br />Mrs. Burwell clarified she is not saying that but as witness, they are seeing more traffic on Tanager. She <br />is trying to say when looking at the plans it is very frustrating to her – she said by the way, she voted for <br />all of the Councilmembers, and she just wants them to know that. <br /> <br />The Councilmembers thanked Mrs. Burwell. <br /> <br />Mrs. Burwell is standing before the Council asking for their help as a single-family home owner to the <br />east, and a neighbor to the Kuhlmlanns to the west; this has been a parcel of land that has been a single- <br />family home for a very long time. She stated they moved to Lake Minnetonka specifically as they wanted <br />some acreage and the beauty of the lake and did not want to have to go up north. She said it is hard for <br />her to understand that a development gets priority versus individuals that have been there and care about <br />the area, are trying to be upstanding citizens, and pay their taxes. She is asking to be able to say “please <br />listen” – which she thinks the Council is doing – she finds it difficult to say in some respects every time <br />she comes before the City Council or the Planning Commission, she is never quite sure what is going to <br />be an undercurrent or if there will be little shenanigans over “here.” Mrs. Burwell does not mean to say