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• ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 8. #01 -2703 Orono Baseball Association, 1030 Old Crystal Bay Road - Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. 4689— Continued Mr. Lindley stated that the youth soccer league would also use the field. They will be able to play in the outfields. So the fields will be used in both the spring and fall seasons by over 1000 resident children. The turf of the new field is being engineered for athletic use. He stated there is a natural ravine between the baseball fields and the middle school, which he wants to clean up and enhance as a wildlife habitat. White asked about the expense. Lindley stated it was costing $225,000 - $250,000, including the driveway access. The Baseball Association is using revenue from pull -tabs at Billy's Lighthouse. The season -long play turf is more expensive to engineer. Flint asked about the Willow View trail. Weinberger stated it ends south of the ravine outside of the baseball area. Lindley stated they plan to construct their proposed trail connection up to the last 2 ", then let someone else blacktop it. Lindley stated that Hennepin County may have some funds available for a bike trail. Flint suggested they work with the County and City to see the • trail completed so that they are not hiring two sets of engineers, construction teams, etc. He added that the City could use park dedication fees toward the completion of the trail, and indicated the City and the OBA should work together to figure out how to come up with the cash to complete the trail. Lindley also stated that the storage facility would be used by Orono soccer and football teams as well as baseball. Sansevere moved, and White seconded, to adopt Resolution No. 4689 approving a Conditional Use Permit for the construction of a new baseball field and granting variances to Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.50, Subdivision 3 to permit partial use of Lot 3, Block 1 for outside storage use, subject to the conditions listed in the staff report of September 5, 2001 and the condition that the OBA is responsible for grading and base preparation for the trail along County Road 6 to provide a connection between the Willow View Development trail and the trail on Old Crystal Bay Road, and that the City and OBA will work with Hennepin County and other sources of trail funding to obtain funding for at least the paving portion of the trail construction. Vote: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 5