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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL Monday, February 14, 2011 • 7:00 o' clock p.m. (10. OLD CRYSTAL BAYROAD RECONSTRUCTIONPLAN UPDATE; Continued) Mattick stated he will require a clear list of all the items that should be included. McMillan noted the minutes from the special city council meeting outlined the majority of the items that should be included in the maintenance agreement and suggested a draft agreement be brought back to the City Council by the next meeting. 11. BID AWARD - STREET MAINTENANCE MATERIALS BID 2011 Bremer moved, Franchot seconded, to award the 2011 materials bids as outlined in the Public . Works memorandum dated February 14, 2011. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT Printup noted a fire advisory committee meeting was held at the end of January. Budget information is being prepared and will be presented sometime this summer. McMillan noted the Long Lake Fire Department pancake breakfast is scheduled for April 17th. • McMillan reported the LMCD Save the Lake meeting was held last week, which basically provided an overview of the activities of the LMCD over the past year. McMillan reported that Lisa Whalen, chair of the committee, will be leaving the committee and that Doug Babcock will be the new chair. McMillan noted she also attended a mini mayors meeting with the mayors of Deephaven, Greenwood, and Woodland regarding watershed issues. The mayors voiced concern over the amount of staff time and money being spent to respond to the rules and regulations of the Minnehaha Watershed District. McMillan indicated they would like to hold other mini meetings with the other mayors. Franchot asked if there was any interest expressed in reducing the amount of regulation. McMillan stated a fair amount.of the regulation comes from the Clean Water Act and that they were interested in getting some input on how to better deal with the regulations. The cities will be starting some storm water projects this year and the watershed district would like to become involved in the projects. McMillan indicated she would like to know who is in charge of all these rules and regulations and how to allocate the time as it relates to budget. Gaffron suggested some time be set aside at one of the upcoming work session to discuss that item. McMillan noted the Crystal Bay task force met last week and there was one citizen in attendance. Jill Bartell from the Minnetonka Beach Council spoke about constructing some temporary speed bumps and how they handled some of their road issues. McMillan commented their issues are similar to what Orono is going through. McMillan stated the city engineer will be looking at installing some removable speed bumps and the costs associated with those. • McMillan noted the Big Island subcommittee met on Friday, February 25th. Page 11 of 18