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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 14, 2016 7:00 o'clock p.m. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT (continued) Levang reported she recently attended the Park Commission meeting and that they have developed a list of priorities for 2016. Work on Livingston Tower Park is coming along nicely and will be completed in the spring. A Girl Scout troop has agreed to plant the butterfly garden. Levang noted there will be an article in the newsletter on the park. Levang indicated she has also been involved in several cleanup efforts in the City. The first project involved cleaning up the municipal lot in Navarre, where a substantial amount of garbage was removed. The second project involved cleaning up a section of Old Crystal Bay Road. Cleanup will be done a second time prior to the start of the Step To It program. Levang stated due to the nice weather, people have already been out at the golf course this past week and that there will be an article in the City newsletter on the opening of the golf course. Levang reported she also attended a meeting with the Northwest League of Municipalities. The guest speaker at the event was from Hennepin County and he talked about assessing. Levang noted the City of Orono has been doing well with new building permits being issued and that it continues to be a seller's market. Printup stated he has had some personal conversations with Senator Osmek, who has indicated that he wants to reassure everyone that they will get started as soon as possible on obtaining the funding for improvements to Highway 12. McMillan noted there are two bills regarding the Highway 12 funding, one in the House and one in the Senate, and that she will work with City Administrator Loftus to get a resolution of support drafted for both of those bills. McMillan commented they need people to show up at the Capital for the hearing once a time has been set. McMillan stated MN/DOT has indicated that in the area where they would like to place additional jersey barriers the water slopes from north to south, and if they put concrete barriers in that area, they will have to allow for this water to flow. MN/Dot is in the process of doing the engineering for that. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT 17. WAYZATA FIRE SERVICE INFORMATION City Administrator Loftus noted Council Member Printup had requested some information on the Wayzata Fire service contract, which has now been provided. The information being provided is as follows: The service area map with parcel count, contract cost for Wayzata and Long Lake, fire call response times, and call history for the past three years. Loftus noted Orono has had a long-standing contract with the City of Wayzata to provide fire service to a portion of the City. This agreement has been in effect since 1962. The cost for this service in 2016 is $29,234. The Wayzata Fire Department currently serves 180 parcels on the east side of Orono. This area represents six percent of the total number of parcels in Orono. Page 32 of 37