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F- 'V [ f i • r-"-w. r' f;- !5' y? ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD JUNE 24, 1991 (#11)HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR STUDY CONTINUED range. That may satisfy Maple Plain's position. In my opinion, a south by-pass around Maple Plain, tying into the current corridor, versus it continuing south, should not have an appreciable effect on the traffic counts in the City of Maple Plain." Jabbour expressed disappointment about the City of Maple Plain taking it upon themselves to design a highway corridor through the City of Orono. He said, "It is my understanding that the merchants in the City of Maple Plain are unhappy about the Council routing traffic away from them. The merchants have drawn up a petition favoring the existing corridor. I do not think we want to get involved with Maple Plain's business, but I would like to see Maple Plain reconsider their position on where the corridor should go once it leaves the City of Maple Plain." Jabbour further indicated that he had received the letter from the City that was sent to all Orono City residents.He complimented Staff and CounciImember Butler for their efforts in preparing and distributing the letter. Bernhardson noted that included wiih his June 13, 1991 memo is an attachment setting forth the schedule of activities that have and will take place. Council accepted the information presented by Bernhardson, and took no formal action on this matter. (il2)LNCD BUDGET Bernhardson stared that the LMCD Board would be reviev/ing the proposed budget Wednesday, June 26, 1991.He offered to draft a letter similar to that of the letter from the City of Tonka Bay.Bernhardson advised that the distribution of the proposed budget to the City of Orono represents an increase of slightly over 10% for next year. He stated tnat is due in part to a re-codification in the method of distribution, which at one time was based on assessed value, and now uses taxable market value. Butler referred to a letter that had been sent to the LMCD from the City of Tonka Bay, and stated that she agreed with the comments and concerns raised in that letter. She said, "It seems that the LMCD continues to increase line items in its budget, while municipalities are attempting to decrease these items. Many communities have reached a point where they are receiving little or no State aid. Organizations such as the LMCD, that exist at the pleasure of other governing bodies, v/ould be well advised to be very careful of their budgeting process. It seems that the routine costs of running an office have a dramatic increase proposed. Those are areas thai could be cut back rather than increased." -14 -