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SUMMARY OF JANUARY 28, 1999 WORK SESSION Council Goals for 1999 Mayor Jabbour suggested the goals be placed on a time line di\ ided into the four quarters of the year. Kelley suggested the list of goals prepared by the City Administrator includes too many items. The Council needs to focus on two or three key goals that absolutely must be completed during 1999. Jabbour suggested that there are two categories of goals. One category is maintenance goals or things that have to be accomplished to keep the City functioning effectively, A second category is items that will move toward the Council's vision for the City. Each of the Council members may have a particular goal that relates to their vision for the City. Flint suggested that rather then focus on goal setting for a one year time frame, the Council would do better to develop a five year plan. The Council detemiined that the top two goals related to moving toward the Councils vision for the City are the update of the Comprehensive Plan and working with the City of Long Lake to develop a joint vision for the future of the two Cities along the continuum from cooperation to consolidation. This goal encompasses participating with the City of Long Lake in planning for the design and relocation of the Long Lake Fire Station, joint planning related to development and redevelopment along Highway 12, and acquiring additional land to accommodate both Orono's and Long Lake's current and future public works facilities needs. "Maintenance" Goals Flint suggested the City initiate discussions with members of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District's Board of Managers regarding storm water management, partieularly regarding requirements for NURP Ponds. Flint's concern is (hat small NURP ponds are neither effective nor elTicient in managing water quality. Flint suggested the City review its proposed storm water management plan regarding whether it is too focused on small ponds that arc expensive to build and maintain. Jabbour suggested the City needs to reduce the application work load of the Planning Commission. Jabbour suggested one option would be to provide for administrative variances for minor land use applications. Moorsc indicated a problem that causes a bottleneck at the planning Commission is that some applications are continued several times as the applicant revises the application in an attempt to develop a proposal thet will get a positive Planning Commission recommendation while maximizing the extent of development. This causes three problems. The first is when applications are brought back to the Planning Commission three and four times they clog up the agenda. Secondly, these types of applications tend to turn into a negotiation between the applicant and Planning Commission