04-25-2016 Council Work Session Minutes

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Walsh says it makes sense to plat the road accurately and cost share. Regarding policing the area, police could sweep the parking area after bar hours. Someone needs to communicate with Birch's what the expectations are when using the south side of cemetery road. Council directed Loftus to meet with Long Lake City Administrator Scott Weske and to discuss road maintenance issues. 3. Sub -Committee with Orono School Loftus relayed that Council discussed whether a subcommittee with Orono Schools should be formalized to regularly meet with Orono Schools staff per a request from Council Member Walsh. She asked Council if this is something they would still like to do and who would be on the sub -committee. Walsh and Printup would like to meet and have dialog with the school staff as a sub -committee. Mayor McMillan is hesitant to get that political with the school. The City has to maintain balance with other school districts within Orono. She would rather invite school staff to a Council Work Session to share information as a group. Council Member Levang agrees that the City should maintain a balance with all the schools in the community. Walsh stated the subcommittee is to just talk with the board to keep a dialog going and keep updated as to what is happening. Printup feels that the Orono School Board is hesitant to get politically involved with the City. Mayor McMillan said that the City must remain neutral especially regarding school issues such as school referendums and does not want to give the impression that one school is receiving preferential treatment over other schools in our community. The City Council receives the meeting minutes and meeting packets via the weekly Information Update which provides updates and board action. An invitation to meet as a group would be appropriate. 4. Road Funding and Planning The current street rebuilding and maintenance required on City roads exceeds the current resources. Public Works Director/City Engineer Adam Edwards reviewed the assumptions and requested initial direction on road funding from Council. There is still much work to be done for a fully developed road funding program. The 2014 Road Management Plan was a start. The plan requires $1,050,000 annually for preventative maintenance and re- construction funds. That Pian has been the source document driving the Pavement Capital Improvement Plan which in turn is used to develop the annual pavement maintenance budget. However due to a lack of funding the most pavement maintenance projects have been deferred. Although not budgeted or planned for the city has done some