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• <br />MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL <br />Monday, February 14, 2011 <br />7:00 o' clock p.m. <br />(PUBLIC COMMENTS, Continued) <br />the Navarre and southern area of the City have very limited lakeshore and public access to Lake <br />Minnetonka. <br />Kempf stated Orono's Comprehensive Plan, Page 4, Item No. 7, states that Orono will strive toward <br />connectivity between the various park and open space facilities. The interrelationships between . <br />neighborhood parks, conservation areas, and the rest of the park system should be strengthened through <br />the proper location and use of greenways, trails, underpasses and overpasses. Trail connections should be <br />provided to neighborhood parks to enable pedestrian access. Trail corridors and parks should be <br />incorporated within open space buffers at the edge of subdivisions and adjacent to major roadways, which <br />County Road 19 is in Navarre. <br />McMillan thanked Ralph Kempf for his overview of the recreational facilities of Orono. McMillan <br />indicated she has given a considerable amount of thought to connecting the trail along County Road 19 <br />and that she feels the Council should take a look at the Navarre area this year. <br />Liz Levang, 4010 Bayside, noted the City Council will be discussing Big Island later on tonight but that <br />she had a question regarding the $1000 reward being offered. Levang asked where the reward money is <br />coming from and whether this approach has been successful in the past. <br />• Loftus stated the reward money comes from a crime fund, which consists of donated funds. <br />Olson stated approximately 10 years the City Council approved a reward fund of $2000. Over the past <br />10 years the City has used approximately $100 of that money. <br />McMillan noted it is a separate fund within the Orono Police Department. <br />Levang commented the reward is a good idea and that the money will hopefully be an incentive to <br />someone to report the person who committed the vandalism. <br />Kempf asked whether the building on Big Island is insured. <br />Olson stated the building is insured at approximately $58,000. The City's insurance company is in the <br />process of sending an adjuster out to verify the damage. The City should also receive some money for <br />cleanup in addition to the loss of the building. Olson indicated he does not know the exact dollar amount <br />that will be paid by the insurance company at this time. <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT <br />7. #11 -3496 CITY OF ORONO, AMEND CITY CODE 78 -71, NONCONFORMING <br />STRUCTURES AND USES — ORDINANCE NO. 85, THIRD SERIES <br />• Curtis stated the City's Code has provisions governing the alteration, expansion, and maintenance of <br />nonconforming structures and uses. The proposed ordinance would apply only to legal nonconformities. <br />Page 5 of 18 <br />