Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting 8/8/1988

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MINUTES OF THE RBGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD JULY 11, 1988 there should be something that the City can help them with. Bernhardson said that the City needs to find out what land uses will be appropriate in the area and have a plan in place that would serve as the framework for any redevelopment. He went on to note that the traffic on Highways 12 and County Road 15 are projected to increase significantly in the next 20 years (18,000 to 33,000 for Highway 12 and from 13,000 to 22,000 for County Road 15). There will be an upsurge of traffic through the Navarre area. Councilmember Peterson asked City Administrator Bernhardson if Mr. Shardlow will go and speak with the property owners when he does his study or does he just do the study himself? Bernhardson replied that he does take inventory of the area with respect to current land use, storm sewers, storm water ponding, soil types, sewer and water services, transportation numbers, etc. From that he and the City set out some goals for the planning process. The goals would be determined by public meetings and as they continued the process property owners, as they wished, participated in what suggestions they had. Mr. Shardlow would not specifically contact ,the property owners, but would send notices to everyone in the area affected by the proposed plans. Peterson questioned whether there would be any interest in the project at all, in light of the fact that there was little interest expressed by these owners regarding the County Road 15 project. The !Mayor believes there will be a variety of responses. If the City does not begin to initiate a formalized plan, he believes the Navarre area will stay as is for some time to core. Peterson expressed that she is in favor of this study. Navarre really needs the upgrading. Something should have been after the 1965 tornado. It was moved by Mayor Grabek, seconded by Councilmamber Callahan to approve contracting with John Shardlow for a Master Plan for the Navarre area. Callahan believes that unless there is ar economic drive from somewhere, whether it comes from the property owners in the area or outside sources, the Navarre area will not go very far. He is not sure that what Shardlow studied for the Highway 12 project was anything he really wanted to know. There were items that needed to be studied before the plan could be determined because of existing pressure to do the development. However, the Navarre situation mandates an impetus for development, there is no interest for development at this time. Callahan believes that the study will not be enough to prompt the Community into action. That concerns him about spending the money on the study. He would prefer to see some development interest first. The Mayor believes there is the need of the City to have a plan and approach the property owners. If not, the property owners will be happy to keep things as they are. If the City understands the situation and builds the parameters he believes they can utilize that and raise some interest He does feel that the study needs to be done. Councilmember Goetten believes that it's the role of the Council to get involved with this. She feels that property owners would be inclined to upgrade their property if they knew everyone was going to. She believes that residents of the Community are a