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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 11, 2010 7:00 o'clock p.m. (13. RESPONSE TO PROPOSED MCWD RULE CHANGES, Continued) Turner stated Staff does have concerns and that Darren Amundson with Bonestroo has reviewed the proposed language. Turner indicated she did speak with the Watershed District staff regarding the language. Jabbour stated it is his understanding that the City's Engineer has been discussing this with other cities and to his knowledge the City of Mound and other cities will be responding in a similar fashion. McMillan stated she is not sure whether it will reduce the amount of rip -rap. Jabbour stated wing dams are not practical because they tend to float away if they are not deep enough. Bremer stated she is in agreement with the response by the City. Turner stated the requirements to obtain a permit are confusing and that the rule changes are adding a step to the already confusing process. If the potential for erosion is high, the property owner is allowed to do rip -rap, but for medium and low erosion potential, they are required to do other types of erosion control. It was the consensus of the City Council to have Mayor White send a letter to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District regarding the proposed rule changes, with the final draft of the letter to be reviewed at the January 12 work session CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT Mattick stated he did provide some information on employee compensation to Staff but that he would not be able to attend tomorrow night's work session *14. LICENSES & PERMITS RESIDENTIAL KENNEL LICENSES: Richard Gage 2180 Abingdon Way 2. Jane Kline & Steve Bell 4455 West Branch Road Marty Paradise 825 Brown Road South 4. David and LuAnn Runkle 2684 Casco Point Road Gregg Rutter 900 Dakota Avenue Page 12 • • • I