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Minutes <br />City Council Work Session <br />Monday, November 25, 2024, 5:00 PM <br />City Council Chambers | 2780 Kelley Parkway, Orono, MN 55356 <br />ROLL CALL <br />City Council members present: Mayor Dennis Walsh, City Council Members Alisa Benson,Richard <br />Crosby, Maria Veach. <br />Staff present: City Administrator Adam Edwards, Finance Director Maggie Jin, Parks and Facilities <br />Superintendent Taylor Zinnel, Public Works Superintendent DJ Goman,Community Development <br />Director Oakden,and City Clerk Christine Lusian. <br />FEE SCHEDULE <br />Administrator Edwards introduced fees and services. Finance Director Jin presented on and <br />council members discussed the rates and fees that Orono will charge for services in 2025. <br />Changes include formatting to make the schedule easier to understand and increases to utility, <br />golf passes, police service, and addition of a brush site section.Members had some discussion on <br />water rate tiers and how to manage large logs at the brush site. <br />TREE PLAN <br />Edwards introduced the background and development of a draft tree plan and handed off to Parks <br />and Facilities Superintendent Taylor Zinnel who provided information on the inventory, stages of <br />plan development, emerald ash management in public spaces, vision and goals, talked through <br />the draft plan submitted by Davey Resource Group. Zinnel noted that the timeframe on <br />completing a plan draft could be another month or so and a plan is important for grant eligibility. <br />Zinnel also confirmed that he’d be getting tree inspector certification and work with planning <br />department on merging requirements of lakeshore setbacks and diversity in species.Oakden <br />explained that public education information for residents and their private trees is available on <br />the website. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />Work session ended at 5:41 p.m. <br />ATTEST:CITY COUNCIL <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br />Christine Lusian, City Clerk Dennis Walsh, Mayor <br />4