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A �1 MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 23, 2012 7:00 o'clock p.m. (PUBLIC COMMENTS, Continued) of Highway 12 to the City after certain improvements have been made. The proposal involves approximately $20 million and involves one of the main highways through`the City of Orono. Callahan indicated he noticed that in accordance with the programs of the Minnesota Highway Department, it was recommended that a committee be appointed to guide the City through that tumback process. Callahan suggested the City Council give serious consideration to not following the agenda of the county or the state highway department and give top priority to the impact the highway has on the residents of Orono and Long Lake. Callahan stated rather than the City Council appointing a committee of citizens who were not involved in the planning of the highway, that the City Council form a subcommittee of the City Council. The actions of this committee will involve negotiations with the highway department and the City of Long Lake over how money will be spent and what improvements will be made on behalf of the City. Callahan stated his understanding is that the City of Orono and other representatives of Long Lake and Orono have previously reviewed this plan and made recommendations on what should be done a number of years ago. A public meeting was held at that time and representatives of Long Lake, Orono, and the Department of Transportation decided what to do with the old highway. Callahan stated in his view the City should follow the recommendations of the first committee. • McMillan noted she was on the first Highway 12 turnback committee and that she would hope the • Department of Transportation would take the prior work that was done on the highway into consideration. McMillan noted the Department of Transportation has their own process that they would like to follow as it relates to the turnback and that the City of Orono will be participating in that process. PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT *3. #11 -3531 LORI GHERARDI ON BEHALF OF WOLVERTON PLACE, LLC, 4550 WOLVERTON PLACE - FINAL SUBDIVISION - RESOLUTION NO. 6136 Bremer moved, Franchot seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6136, a Resolution Approving a Class I Subdivision of Property Located at 4550 Wolverton Place. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 4. #12 -3546 TODD HOLMERS ON BEHALF OF MAPLE PLACE, LLC, 1545 MAPLE PLACE - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Gaffron stated last summer the applicants received preliminary approval to plat the six southerly 50 -foot lots into three 100 -foot lots. The applicant has since changed direction and now plans to develop each of the seven 50 -foot lots individually, which the City must allow per MN State Statutes 462.357 and MN Rules 6120.3300. Those lots have been kept in single ownership for tax purposes and are located in the half acre zoning district. Gaffron noted City standards are not met by each of these individual lots and that in Staff's opinion the first proposal was better than what is now being proposed since it was proposing one house on two lots. Gaffron displayed the applicant's first proposal for this site on the overhead. • Page 2 of 16