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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION meeting held on NOVEMBER 20, 1995 (#4 - #2085 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Continued) detail including the right mm lane Gray asked if the plans could be . they fou d this plan does not work. Linnell suggested staring in the dnving lane and mming dirw y onto Tonkawa. It was said a car can mm right trom the center lane ut ^ whether the County would consider this to be legal or not Hurt smd there would m eftect ^e L lanes of trie onto Tonkawa. There would be 300^00' of sta^ng men tn^hj mm lane No parking signs have been installed Gray was concerned that the would not be enforced. Linnell noted that the three ramps would aid m the trafltc also. Barrv Kniuht, 425 Tonkawa, was concerned with traffic flow at peak about the "normal traffic for a ramp and was told 25 spaces per ramp ts was concerned with left turns coming out at dusk. He felt if there w^as parking tor 80 c^s, and with the traffic configuration pattern, it would want to head both north and sout Tonkawa. He saw this as a potential problem during "rush hours Peterson commented that a boat launch creates less traffic than a marina and It was noted that Gavle's Marina onginally had 140 slips With a boat ramp, boaters ci^me earlv and leave late, 'if Gayle's had no problem with traffic, Peterson siud he saw even less here. Gray asked if a traffic count was done at Gayle's but that was unknown. Kniaht said he was less convinced than the Planning Commission on the amount of traftm considered to come out of the access area. Linnell said Gayle's Marina also had - double access launch ramps. Knight asked about hardcover and was told the access was Sed m standards. Knight asked what enforcement would be done ot the access traffic and local traffic on Tonkawa in order to maintain the 30-35 mph limit and how this would be dealt with in the residential area Peterson said if speed became a problem, the police department would have to enforce the law Killien said the DNR had made suggestions to the City regarding overflow parking suoaesting no parking signs and an ordinance to uphold that^ He felt the DNR was de^aTing with this issue up front Killien felt education nght from the start was 'mportant. Killien said he would not recommend cars towing boats to travel on Tonkawa with the snake-like hills He felt that Tonkawa as a route from the north probably would be used mainlv during peak times He said he would check with the County on this. - f *