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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 26, 2015 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 15 of 23 10. #15-3774 MICHAEL STEADMAN ON BEHALF OF IRWIN JACOBS, 1700 SHORELINE DRIVE, PRELIMINARY PLAT – REVIEW CUL-DE-SAC ALTERNATIVES (continued) Libby stated it does not take a lot of engineering to make a turn lane and that the residents actually have empirical data concerning ingress and egress on projects that have been done within the same block for the last five years. McMillan asked how he feels about the cul-de-sac. Libby stated he is speaking for himself and that the school bus backing into his driveway five days a week is not a real big inconvenience. Libby stated it did bother him when the City plow came in to plow the cul-de-sac and took out his mail box. Libby noted they are creating a circumstance where the route of a school bus is going to be expanded and extended because they will have to drive to the end of the cul-de-sac. Libby stated as of last Friday, no member of Staff or Council has had a conversation with Orono’s Transportation Department and nobody really has a plan about how this is going to work. Libby stated connection to the infrastructure for the sewer and other utilities are going to disrupt the traffic flow of the UPS truck, the school bus, and anything else that comes into the cul-de-sac for a very protracted period of time. Libby stated his neighbor informed him that in 1974 or 1975, the children walked down to County Road 15 and Heritage Lane, which is where they were picked up, which might be the adjustment that needs to be made. McMillan stated the School District will adjust the bus routes every year prior to school starting. Libby noted the other issue is the actual impact of living in an area with a very mature canopy. Once those trees are removed, the residents will experience those intense, hot summer days to a greater extent and their air-conditioners will need to run more. Libby stated that is the reality the residents have to come to grips with. Mark Gronberg stated they are proposing culverts to continue the water through to the stormwater pond and that they do not want to do anything to make the water runoff worse. Gronberg noted Irwin Jacobs’ house is 40 feet higher than where the cul-de-sac is and that they will be able to work their way through the woods and save as many trees as possible. Gronberg indicated he has had extensive talks with Steve Groen with Hennepin County and that he has sent an e-mail that has been submitted into the record saying that he would require construction traffic go through Heritage Lane. Mr. Groen has indicated that anytime there is a private street versus a city street, they want the developer to use the city street. Gronberg noted the projects referenced by Mr. Libby did not have a city street they could access. McMillan stated she did look at those properties today on Google Maps and they did not have access to the north. Gronberg stated in the 1963 minutes relating to this property, it was proposed to be graded to the end of the property line, which never was done. Gronberg stated that would have solved a lot of problems if that had been followed through on.