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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, January 11, 2021 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 9 of 12 <br /> <br />15. UPDATE ON PURCHASE OF PROPERTY ON OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD – Continued <br />they stand. Obviously Public Works needs to do something and that is either now or when this Council is <br />gone but something needs to be done either way. <br />Printup asked if there is any action they need to take. <br />Walsh said no, this is just telling them to get whatever they need drawn up so they can go get the bids. <br />Olson does not know if they caught it in the memo, but Barnhart has contacted the Met Council and Orono <br />will need to do a Comprehensive Plan amendment because that parcel is not within the Metropolitan Urban <br />Services Area (MUSA). <br />Johnson stated they will need to rezone that. <br />Olson said they may need to rezone it and Barnhart was going to check, as it appears that there may be an <br />exception for public buildings under current zoning. <br />Walsh said they could change it to “institutional,” noting they added that in the last Comprehensive Plan. <br />Olson noted that would also make sense if they put sewer and water out there and have a marketable lot no <br />matter what. Then the zoning would fit for that. <br />16. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT DONATION OF DENNIS WALSH AND RICHARD F. <br />CROSBY II <br />Walsh clarified this was in lieu of the City forgiving former City Administrator Dustin Rief of his $3,500 <br />in moving expenses. Walsh and Crosby decided they would like to pitch in for that as they thought it was <br />the right thing to do for Rief’s years of service in Orono; especially knowing that Rief had family issues <br />come up and he must uproot his family and move back to Nebraska. <br />Walsh moved, Crosby seconded, to accept the donation of Dennis Walsh and Richard F. Crosby II <br />in lieu of Dustin Rief’s reimbursement of moving expenses to the City. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />Walsh asked if there is anything else anyone wanted to talk about before adjournment. <br />Printup noted they have passionate people in Orono and he received a concern on Tonkawa Road, there is <br />signage popping up and being taken down, popping up again. He does not know if City Staff needs to go <br />look at it, noting it is political signage, therefore one person likes it and another does not so it becomes a <br />game. Printup said he would bring it up at the City Council meeting and look at if it was too close to the <br />road, but told the concerned party they would look at specifics. <br />Seals said it is tough on Tonkawa as it is a narrow road. <br />Printup stated it has been an issue in the past and wants to throw the caution out there that people need to, <br />perhaps chill out. <br />Seals said maybe they should leave people’s stuff on their lots alone. <br />Printup said exactly but if it is too close to the road, the complaints come in and he does not know how <br />Staff wants to handle it.