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L_ <br />Clt> News <br />Lony Lake Fire Siation on Willow Drive in schcilulcd lo open in Februor)'. <br />Fire Scr\ ice Chanyes . Long Lake Fire Dcparinieni has hceiin providing fire scr\ ice lo our <br />former Maple Plain ftre serv ice area, as Maple Plain cancelled the contract and Long Lake <br />FD was quite w tiling lo step in. <br />Also, as of 1*I*(»4. the Navarre area will no longer be served by Mound FD, and Orono is <br />making haste lo design and construct a new* satellite fire station on City property along <br />County Road 15 across from Good Shepherd church. Orono will be working with both <br />Long Lake Fire Dept, and the Excelsior Fire district to make the transition aw ay from Mound <br />for the provision of fire scn icc lo the Navarre area. <br />Dahlstrom 1 andfnnn StoneBav Project has hit continuing snags in gaining .MC\VD approval, <br />primarily due to the wetland impacts which MCWD is balking at granting. The plan is <br />reduced lo I62 units at last eount. Council has 'approved the wording' of the General <br />Development Plan Approval Resolution hut has not adoptcil it. Dahlstrom still plans to begin <br />construction on Phase I this spring'early summer. <br />Dental Office The dentists are apparently close to finalizing construction plans, arc in the <br />final stages of completing the purchase of the site, and we expect them lo break ground in <br />the next few weeks. <br />Lifecvric and Workforce Housing The Council has indicated it wants lo become educated <br />regarding all factors that impact the City’s abilii) to create additional housing options at <br />reasonable cost. They plan to schedule a joint work session with presenters from various <br />agencies and organizations, tcnlatively set for Februarv ’ 20ih or 27|h. w iih a goal of gaining <br />an understanding of the key issues and elements involved in the provision of housing to <br />serv e people at various stages of life and at a range of income lev els. <br />Navarre Visioning Council has indicated the first step will be to invite all Navarre area <br />stakeholders (business owners, property ow ners, residents) to a community meeting in March <br />lo gather public input on what the stakeholders want the future of Navarre lo be. and to <br />identify issues that should be addressed through a visioning process.