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. I ' A. City of Orono Approval of Noerenberg Memorial County Park Master Plan On Monday, June 9, 1986, the Orono City Council voted 4-0 to approve the District's plan for Noerenberg Park. Specifically requested was approval of the plan as permitted within this land use zone and a variance to the C1t,v's Ordinance to allow hard cover within 75' of the lakeshore. The Council deliberated for 1 1/2 hours on the issue a.' -anted approval with the following conditions: o Initial parking be limited to 26 hard surface spaces. o The remaining 24 spaces to be surfaced when the building is built or as need dictates. o Elimination of the designated IOC --car "overflow" parking area on the North side of County Road 51. o That resale not occur on an ongoing basis in the building. (We Indicated th4t sales would be garden related art, boors, etc. but not food or beverage. The Council felt that sales would make the area too commercial and clutter the site.) o The building size and function was specified. Any changes in scale or function need to be returned to the Council for further review. The grading, access and other engineering/design aspects of the plan are now going to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and Hennepin County epartment of Transportation. Approval is anticipated. Pursuant to earlier Board action. we will continue to work with the Foundation on this project for fund-raising act4vity. Concurrently, we will be detailing cost estimates including preparation of detailed plans for 1st phase construction which includes: o The Memorial Arbor o Landscape plantings to the East o Parking and grading o Site utilities, including modifications to the irrigation system We anticipate .that available dollars for capital funding from the Noerenberg Trust will total $224,0OO as of March 1, 1987. We expect that mos., of this work can be done within that amount. If the Foundation pursues fund raising fe• Noerenberg development will proceed where funding is available. uirst phase construction w+ll occur during 1987.