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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 10, 2022 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 7 12a. RESOLUTION #7300 APPROVAL OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY GRANT 16. LA22-000048 – CITY OF ORONO TEXT AMENDMENT RELATED TO ACCESSORY BUILDING HEIGHT – ORDINANCE NO. 278, THIRD SERIES Johnson moved, Seals seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. Johnson added regarding item 11, there had been a concern regarding the validity of the contractor who was the low-bid and he clarified that the City did their due diligence on that. Item 16, text amendment, allows flexibility of the use of one’s property so someone will not need a variance to do the same thing in the future. PRESENTATION 13. Senator David Osmek Senator Osmek gave a presentation noting he is not seeking re-election after 22 years. He noted the lines and districts created prove that judges do drink because those lines made almost no sense; there is also a long, thin one that goes from Lake of the Woods all the way down to Brainerd. Senator Osmek stated there are redistricting principles they are supposed to follow. He shared successes between the Cities of Mound and Orono including policing and shared the budget successes Orono has had. He noted other successes including LMCD rules and Big Island bonding. Senator Osmek shared he was late to the meeting as he is a school bus driver because there is a need, it fit with his legislative time, and he noted now he will be able to drive more routes. Mayor Walsh thanked Senator Osmek for his service. 14. LMCD Representative Update – Richie Anderson Richie Anderson, 3205 Crystal Bay Road, gave a presentation on the history of Orono residents discussing wake surf boats and their nuisance on particular bays with regard to noise and wakes. Mr. Anderson noted Chris Bank created a program to teach primary etiquette, safety, and management of clean-drain-dry. The important messages were to keep music down, surf in deep water rather than close to shore, how to pick someone up that had fallen, and not making additional passes back-and-forth but to spread it out on the lake. Mr. Banks teamed up with marinas and dealers which was pretty successful and received accolades from the “anti-surf” crowd about the difference his videos made. Mr. Anderson noted the anti-surf crowd did introduce the erosion factor of wakes; he showed a video onscreen of waves pounding the shore in Wayzata due to nature. He then looked at boats and thinks all boats should be considered the same (boats, wake boats, jet-skis) and noted they now have a 300 foot from shore rule which is the only thing that has changed in the Ordinance. Mr. Anderson noted in the future they could use buoys similar to those used on Lake Okoboji to mark the 300 feet from shore. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT