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'll MINITES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CTT\' COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 14,1996 (Corridor Selection for Hwy 12 Upgrade - Continued) Clint Miller, 375 Silver Meadow Drive, Orono, has resided in Orono for 20 years He said he is opposed to Alternative 6 Miller said it is his opinion that the mediation process involved an insutVicient study He review ed the occurrences of the last 10 months and cites the v ision as not being consistent with the comprehensiv e plan of the City. He said the corridor approval was being seen as a "least bad" situation and views Long Lake and Orono as having a "not in my backyard" attitude Miller noted that the rural nature of the communities, the schools, lakes, and natural resources as being w hat draws the people together. He asked that a pro-active approach be taken and for the Council to get on board w ith their electorate He said he is a current member of the corridor coalition of both cities and has looked at how each work with Mn/DOT. Miller said the Council would be failing to serv e their community if they approv e the Alternative 6 proposal. Keenan Richardson, Orono, asked the Council ’s interpretation of the eft'ect of the corridor on the school system, its physical building, on enrollment and stratification. When asked w hy, Richardson said there will be a number of households lost in Long Lake. Jabbour noted that this would alleviate the open enrollment problem currently being faced, and he was not considering the school district in his decision. Kelley said he does have two children in the school district He noted the problems with buses currently crossing and turning off of Hwy 12 Kelley said the alternativ e improv es the safety and ability to cross Hwy 12 He currently does not allow his children to cross over Hwy 12 when using the bike trail Richardson said there were other ways to satisfy the issue of safety He asked what data was used regarding the effect of open enrollment and if the Council was willing to make a decision without this information The Council members said they were not using any data and were willing to vote without any additional information regarding the school district. Callahan said the Council is to decide on whether to adopt the submitted proposal. He said he personally has a difficult time seeing a 2 lane road as having any effect on the school other than displacing children from those homes affected. j