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PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 20, 1991 US to take a hard look at what is possible to be accomplished and act on that firmly, without losing sight of what our long-term wishes are." A member of the audience asked Hanson to state his long-term wishes. Hanson replied, "One of problems I have as I sit here as a Planning Commission member is that I realize that the people that I see in front of me are not representative of the Community at large. Most of the members of the Community at large are not concerned enough about these issues to come to meetings. Another member of the audience asked what more the Planning Commission would like to see in order to feel that they ware qettin- a consensus of the Community at large. The person indicated that in her opinion, the Community is well represented at this meeting. She stated that people in the Community have not been properly informed of the issues. She said. There is a lot of innuendo going around this Community. Some of us have had to work awfully hard to find out what the truth is. Councilmember Jabbour stated that he was speaking only as an individual, not as a Councilmember. He said, "I agree that the process of integrity has not been up to my standards. It is refreshing to see that is changing and I would like to give some qood points to the Planning Commission and Staff. It is refreshing to see after four years that the Comprehensive Plan is becoming an issue and we are taking it off the dusty shelf to agree with it. I ask the citizens to please let the process happen. Everything that is being said is very important and we agree with you. However, some way or another our job as Council and their job as Planning Commission is twice as hard because the coalitions that were formed prior to the present Council being in place. The City of Long Lake is very trigger happy. Orono is in litigation with them on other issues. Before the citizens take a position, review all of the facts and figure out that there are other issues with which Orono and Long Lake ace involved. Highway 12 is a major issue, but it is not the sole issue that Orono is handling. I agree with the comments about merging with the City of Long Lake. They have serious problems--bad planning problems. Whatever you are suggesting is a Band-Aid. I do not mean to criticize Long Lake." Kelley stated that in his opinion, evening did represent the opinions of large. the people present this the Orono Community at Ann Cosgrove, 1895 Fox Ridge Road, asked if one o-. the reasons Medina opposes a Highway 55 corridor is that it may cause the County Road 116 issue to surface again. - 12 -