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( <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 14,1996 ^cr <br />4 ^Ss,u <br />ROLl <br />The Council met on the above mentioned date in the Orono High School Cafeteria with <br />the followinu members present Mayor Edward J Callahan, Jr., Council Members J. <br />Diann Goetten, Gabriel Jabbour, Charles Kelley, and JoEllen Hurr Representing Staff <br />were City Administrator Ron Moorse, Building and Zoning Administrator Jeanne <br />Mabusth. Assistant Planning and Zoning Administrator Michael Gaffron. City Engineer <br />Glenn Cook, and Recorder Sherry Frost. Mayor Callahan called the meeting to order at <br />7 00 p.m <br />(*#1) CONSENT AGENDA <br />Item #8 was eliminated from the Consent Agenda Item #6 was added with the <br />appointment of Sandra Smith as Vice Chair of the Planning Commission. <br />Jid)bour moved. Hurr seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. Vote; <br />Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />PUBLIC HEARING - CORRIDOR SELECTION FOR HIGHWAY 12 UPGRADE <br />- 7:00-10:10 P.M. - RESOLUTION »MS0 <br />The Affidavit of Publication and Certificate of Mailing w ere noted. <br />Mayor Callahan informed those in attendance that the proposal submitted by Mn/DOT to <br />Orono, Long Lake and Wayzata for the Highway 12 Corridor would be reviewed by <br />Tom O’Keefe of Mn/DOT The meeting would then be open for questions directed to <br />O'Keefe Callahan noted that the State Statutes stipulate how this information is to be <br />presented to the cities involved as well as set times for procedural action. Callahan <br />informed the public that the questions to O'Keefe were intended to assist in clarifying the <br />Mn/DOT proposal The information would then be discussed by Council, and the <br />meeting would be opened to the public for their comments. <br />O'Keefe said it was his intent to make two points. 1) to discuss the process of the Hwy <br />12 Corridor selection starting with the spring of 1996, and 2) to discuss the details of the <br />Alternative 6 proposal. <br />O'Keefe reported that the environmental impact process was terminated along with <br />consideration of the 4-lanc corridor proposals, which were placed with the new 2 lane <br />corridor proposal, which will be located along the Burlington Northern tracks between <br />Wayzata Boulevard and CoRd 6. Advantages of the 2-lane proposal are limiting the <br />number of accesses, the ability to reduce the number of accidents, and the ability to <br />handle higher speeds, and higher volumes of traffic.