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r ir-- T^ W'^--ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD APRIL 15, 1991 COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE'S COMMENTS CONTINUED me tend to doubt Council’s sincerity. I think the Planning Commission needs to sit down and determine among ourselves what we want our role to be. If we think anything is going to change, then we need to take a direct leadership role in doing that." r < Councilmember Jabbour explained to the Planning Commission that the concerns the Mayor has regarding the City of Long Lake s sensitivity to the word "merger" or "consolidation" is well founded. He told the Planning Commission that Councilmembers, and Planning Commission Chair Kelley had met with the Long Lake City officials to discuss this matter. He said, 'One of the problems is that the Wayzata Newspaper printed an indicating that the action taken by Council at their March .-5th meeting was as Mayor Peterson had thought it to be. The other paper reported that the action taken was as Councilmember Butler indicated. The City of Long Lake got mixed messages on both ends. The City Administrator, who was on vacation immediately following the meeting, also understood the motion as Mayor Peterson had. There was a true misunderstanding of the motion. The City of Long Lake is very sensitive to issues, and not only this one. Last week Council met again with representatives from the City of Long Lake. Sherokee Use and Bruce Carlson were also there. The first thing I told the people from Long Lake was that they would be receiving a letter from the City of Orono indicating that the consolidation paragraph would be included in our adopted position on Highway 12. The Mayor from Long Lake said, 'Than there is nothing for us to ever talk about again . We tried to get the Long Lake City officials beyond that way of thinking so that we could discuss the issue of Highway a2. However, we could not get past the word ’merger*. We spent hours and hours arguing and d:.d not gat anywhere. I think Councilmember Goetten was correct when she suggested that we avoid that issue in our position." Bellows clarified that her comments pertaining to Council's sincerity did not just apply to Highway 12, but to the manner in which Council communicates with members of the City. She said, "Specifically there have been some issues involving appointments or ra-appointments, that have not been addressed properly. Communication has got to be improved. I applaud the efforts of Councilmember Jabbour, who is working overtime to try and make things work." («13)APPROVAL OP MINUTES It was moved by Hanson, seconded by Kelley, to approve the minutes of the March 18, 1991, and March 20, 1991, Planning Commission meetings. Motion, Ayes-4, Nays-0. Cohen, Moos, and Johnson abstained. - 16 - t Air-; '■ 1 '.•■•i ' T , V iii-if I rritar iitiai tt,