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I- I •' -t •: ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD MAY 28. 1991 (#15)POLICE CHIEF SELECTION CONTINUED It v;as moved by Mayor Peterson, seconded by Butler, to adopt the position description prepared by James Brimeycr. of Sathe ft Associates, and direct the consultant to include reprasentatj.ves from each of the cities and screen dov/n to the final candidates based on preliminary intervie\/s and that the contract cities use that representative as a non-voting member in the final intcrv..ev/ process. Council appoints Lt. Cheswi.ck as Acting Chief for the period from July 1, 1991. until a person has begun as the new police chief. Butler asked if there would be a change in Lt. Cheswick*s pay scale after July 1st. Bernnardson indicated that has not yet been considered or discussed. Butler stated that a decision whether there is a pay increase could bo based on the amount of time Lt. Cheswick will be asked to serve in the capacity of Acting Chief. All voted aye. Motion passed. (#16)HlGRHAy 12 CORRIDOR STUDY Mayor Peterson thanked Ann Carlson for their efforts. and Dodd Cosgrova and Bruce Bernhardson presented Council with the traffic study information from Howard, Needles, and Associates, that had been pj^Qvided to the Policy, Technical, and Citizens Conutii ttecs. Bernhardson stated that the purpose of the next round of Committee meetings will be to more closely examine the traffic forecast numbers to see if they make sense, and to determine if any of the routes will not meet the anticipated need. He said. "The forecasts do not really indicate what the best route is. Goetten stated that after the last meeting she attended, it seemed that MNDOT was looking more seriously at the south bypass. She said, "I v/as trying to make the MNDOT representatives understand that such an alternative should be the least imoortant route for them to consider. MNDOT's thinking is that traffic now using County Road 15 would use the south bypass. As I understand it, the reason fIcCulley Road v/as upgraded was to allow traffic to go from Mound up to Highway 12. bypassing County Road 15. That, , is not the case, because of the congestion on Highway 12. I think the Council needs to prepare a statement specifying fsasons why the south bypass should be eliminated from the alternatives." Butler suggested that it would be helpful for the citizens that have been involved in this process, to contact State Legislators and stress their viewpoints on this issue. She said. "The State Legislators need to be reminded that any new highway corridor will be extremely expensive to construct. The taxpayers of Minnesota will not be receptive to the idea of paying for yet another stretch of blacktop. It is my understanding that the State of Minnesota has more miles of blacktop per capita- than alflK>st any other state in the Country. Minnesota is not the most heavily populated State in the Country, and we have a climate - 13 -