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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, July 12, 2021 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 5 of 6 15. LA21-000042 – Mohegan Hansen Arch o/b/o CBS MN Properties, LLC, 2060 Wayzata Blvd West, Master Development Plan Approval, Zone Change, and Preliminary Plat – Continued Seals moved, Crosby seconded, to direct Staff to draft a Resolution of Approval for the proposed Master Development Plan, Zone Change, Preliminary Plat, and incorporating Conditions A through H. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 16. LA21-000040 – Text Amendment Related to Dock Licenses on Big Island Barnhart said Council directed Staff to draft a resolution that will allow the City to put in docks and then people could license a slip on one of the docks. Staff and the City Attorney’s office worked together to draft an ordinance. It was sent to the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD) for comments and Barnhart’s takeaway from those conversations is that certain things may require additional approval, variances, or licenses. The LMCD provided comments which Barnhart has shared with the City Council. This ordinance allows the City to initiate the licensing program for docks on Big Island. He is open to feedback or changes from the Council and noted they received feedback from one of the property owners on Big Island requesting that the item be tabled. He received this after he assembled the packet, and said the suggestion to table is not part of the critical path for the ordinance, although it may be part of the critical path for issuing a license at certain locations. Johnson noted in one of the neighbor’s emails they listed things they would like to see. First, no canopies or lifts which Johnson thinks was sufficiently addressed, and second that it would be for the property owners only and not renters which Johnson thinks is reasonable. He knows that is a concern on Big Island with the VRBO and the Council is doing this to accommodate the property owners and not for them to increase activity out to Big Island. He suggested inserting something about that. Barnhart said with the Crystal Bay Road dock-slip, they had to document their boat license information before the City would issue a license. Mayor Walsh said that would almost take care of it. Johnson replied part of the Big Island rental could be their boat. Seals agreed. Johnson suggested added something saying “not to be used by renters.” He noted the dock has to be approved by the LMCD and the person that wrote in said they wanted LMCD approval without requiring any variances from the LMCD. He does not want to limit someone’s ability to get a reasonable thing done by the LMCD and that is the LMCD’s business. He was also happy to see they sent this to the LMCD rep for input. Attorney Mattick received some correspondence from an attorney regarding lots 19 and 20 who felt that the City had relinquished their rights to those particular lots. One thing to keep in mind is as they look for locations for docks they will need to look at those specific properties to make sure the City has not vacated them in the past and that they still have those rights as this would not give them rights to lots they have otherwise abandoned or vacated. Attorney Mattick will work on adding the language suggested by the Council and will bring it back at the next Council meeting on the Consent Agenda.