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: - ft; Irit-. mu.m. lA fc '* ' h : ^^ ;■• ■ S-- j' •, ^ & Ip sgm i, &- h w‘IH' ' IIf If ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD JUNE 10, 1991 (113)LAKE USE COMMITTEE CONTINUED Callahan stated that the City of Orono has not received their copy of the LMCD's budget inf oroia t ion, but that the Lake Use Committee will discuss the issue once the inf oriTia tion is presented. It was moved by Jabbour, seconded by iMayor Peterson, to appoint Charles Kelley and Charles Schroeder tc the Lake Use Committee. Callahan noted that minutes of the Lake Use Conunittee meeting will be prepared and distributed to CounciImemoers. Butler asked Barrett about a conflict with the Open Meeting Law since three of the Lake Use Committee members are Orono City CounciImembers. Callahan stated that notice of the Lake Use Committee meeting recently held was published and the intention is to continue in that manner. Barrett stated that as long as public i 3 notified of the meetings, there should be no legal problem. All voted aye. Motion passed. (#14)BIGB1fAy 12 CORRIDOR STUDY . Bernhardson presented Council with schedule of the upcoming meetings for the Highway 12 C. rridor Committees. Bernhardson reported that ne and CounciImembers Goetten and iiad met with the Commissioner Riley of the Minnesota Qapartment of Transportation, Commissioner MacNamara, and the Chief Engineer for Metro District, william Crawford. He said, "To summarize, MNDOT indicated that they are a client-oriented department, with the clients being both the communities through which the State Highways pass and the public that utilizes those highways. In that vein, MNDOT desires the communities involved to sit down and work out a solution by the end of the year. If that does not occur, MNDOT will select a corridor it feels is most appropriate." Go-itten and Butler stated that Bernhardson's accounting of the meeting and MNDOT’s tenor was exact. Butler added that Bernhardson had done an excellent job at the meeting and had given the Commissioner and his staff a 15 minute synopsis of the Orono/Long Lake area. In addition to Bernhardson's presentation, Butler stated that she and Goetten made an attempt to be rational, non-judgmental, and as positive as possible. She said rhat the Commissioner told them that they had to work with the City of Long Lake to iron out the differences that exist between the two cities. She suggested to the Commissioner and his staff that when a joint meeting between the City of Long Lake and Orono takes place, that a MNDOT staff member, present at the June 7th Meting, be in attendance strictly to observe. Butler stated that e further recommendation was made to have Commissioner Riley take the same tour of the Orono/Long Lake area that Commissioner Levine had taken. Ck>etten stated that Commissioner Riley had been a resident of Tonka Bay for approximately six months so he was somewhat - 8 - ^ ««■ I i lilir II ilfta'i