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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, February 28, 2011 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />  Page 2 of 13   <br />   <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS - LOREN SCHOENZEIT, REPRESENTATIVE <br /> <br />Schoenzeit stated he had nothing to report but would be available for questions. <br /> <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />James Van Eyll, Orono Fire Department, noted that their annual pancake breakfast is scheduled for <br />April 17th. <br /> <br />Van Eyll reported the Long Lake Fire Department recently participated in the Fight for Air Climb <br />sponsored by the American Lung Association, which consisted of firefighters in full fire fighting gear <br />climbing 30 flights or 660 stairs. Long Lake's team of nine firefighters participated in the event and took <br />third overall. Van Eyll indicated he was impressed with their accomplishment and that they raised over <br />$2400 as a team. <br /> <br />Dick Lyman, 715 North Ferndale Road, stated he wondered what involvement the Water and Soil <br />Conservation District has with the City of Orono. Lyman noted he spoke with City Clerk Lin Vee the <br />first week of February and was provided a fair amount of information on that agency as well as the <br />Hennepin County Conservation District. Lyman indicated he has read the information over and that in his <br />opinion eliminating the Hennepin Conservation District would be a good opportunity to cut some <br />redundancy and expense out of the government. <br /> <br />Lyman noted the Hennepin Conservation District has annual revenues of around $27,000. The reports do <br />not reflect any achievements accomplished by that agency. The information also does not say how many <br />meetings they have yearly but just merely indicates that they affiliate with approximately a dozen other <br />organizations that do the same thing. The Department of Natural Resources downgraded the Hennepin <br />Conservation District in 2009, and he would recommend ending the existence of the Hennepin <br />Conservation District and there would be one less office to vote for in future elections. <br /> <br />Lyman indicated he had some materials with his notes to leave with the Council regarding the Hennepin <br />Conservation District. <br /> <br /> <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT <br /> <br />None <br /> <br /> <br />CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT <br /> <br />4. OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE <br /> <br />Kellogg reported that last week they completed the plans to the point where they were able to be <br />submitted to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. At the last Council meeting it was mentioned that <br />a presentation was going to be given to the seventh graders educating them on roundabouts and general <br />engineering. They had hoped with the presentation to get a handful of students to volunteer to construct a <br />3D model of the buildings along Old Crystal Bay Road. The response was greater than expected and as a <br />Item #02 - CC Agenda - 03/14/2011 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 02/28/2011 [Page 2 of 13]