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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 27, 2023 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9 of 22 almost every quarter, the cost goes up. I respect your opinion on that but at the end of the day if we want to even loan this to Long Lake it's got to be fully stocked, just for them to train on it. The best way we can make that happen is to make sure all this is done. A ladder truck can be very useful. A lot of our engines are old. We have numerous engines that are in the late 90s, early 2000s. A lot of these departments are on a ten-year replacement. We blew through the 10-years a long time ago. She pointed out the ladder truck can also provide back-up for our neighbors. Maple Plain and Wayzata have older trucks. Wayzata has ordered a new one but the turnaround is three years. If anything happens, there's not a backup. So I get what you're saying but I don't see these getting cheaper and regardless of where we land, I think you're going to need the radios. Crosby moved, Johnson seconded, to approve the purchase of mobile and portable radios for the ladder truck. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 1 (Benson). CITY ATTORNEY REPORT City Attorney Mattick reported it is his understanding that last week the LMCD (Lake Minnetonka Conservation District) was prepared to pass a motion to deny the dock permit that staff had been working on communicating with them and that we talked about briefly. It's my understanding that that item may be pulled from Consent. I was not able to put a response in writing, but I do plan on responding to some of the correspondence that has been submitted on behalf of the applicant and some of the neighboring property owners. I don't know what will happen at the next LMCD meeting. But I do plan on putting together a response to some of the letters that have been written. Mattick said he would plan to attend the next LMCD meeting. Walsh noted it would be the last time to have our word, basically put in that the LMCD should not be in the judge role of trying to adjudicate legal opinions. CITY ADMINISTRATOR/ENGINEER REPORT 11. 2022 CITY OF ORONO ANNUAL REPORT Edwards said this 2022 City of Orono Annual Report is the second annual report that we've attempted to prepare. The intent is to encapsulate what the various departments achieved over the previous year, provide maybe some numbers and some metrics to what was done over the last year. It's modeled on what the police department has been doing for decades, and what some of our sister cities do. So in your packet, you should have a copy of it. What we normally do is once adopted by the Council, then we'll also hang it on our website. I do have a quick slideshow if the Council is interested. Seals asked about the graph that talks about the different licenses permits. She asked if there was an update on Lurton Dog Park passes because the Parks Commission talked about some of the rowdiness at the Lurton Dog Park and how certain individuals aren't getting their licenses.. Have we made any progress on solving any of those things? Edwards said the City hasn't done any focused enforcement at the park yet but is looking at some possible ordinance change recommendations and then the police department and the parks department are kind of gearing up for the spring once we start seeing the larger increases of traffic out there.