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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR JANUARY 11, 1999 ( #6) #2425, SIDNEY AND BARBARA REBERS /SERVICE 800, INC., 2190 WAYZATA • BOULEVARD - continued be terminated unless the Highway 12 accesses of the other parcels served by the frontage road are similarly terminated. He said that Orono was fully intending not to allow the existing curb cut to have a right - in/right -out and was fully intending that this would be a temporary situation until, at some point in the future, there was a service road. Because of lack of design of the site to accommodate Mn/DOT's intended use of this access location, Orono is being asked to accept the right - in/right -out access. The problem with a right - in/right -out access is that it forces U -turns for traffic on Highway 12. Staff feels the right - in/right -out access will work for this use, but it is not a recommended design. If staff and the developer had known that Mn/DOT was expecting the access to come up to the middle of the site, the site would have been designed in a different manner. Gaffron stated that Exhibit B -2 contains the developers' suggested resolution language to make the right - in/right -out access approved on a permanent basis. Gaffron asked the Council to review the accessissue. Jean Mork Bredeson stated Mn/DOT had given them preliminary approval of the original design, but the person they were working with has since retired. Rich Kiemen stated that Mn/DOT's traffic safety people approved the existing curb cut. Kelley asked if the building could be located on the east side of the property instead of the west side. is Bredeson responded that the project would have to be totally redesigned. Jabbour stated he feels Mn/DOT does not want the left turn lane. He does not think there will be a frontage road along the rear of the property. Kelley agreed with Jabbour. He questioned which access would be the safest. Jabbour asked if the re- zoning will affect the Council's decision. Flint asked what Mr. Otten's and Mr. Rebers' positions are on the matter. Steven Pflaum stated that he represents Mr. Rebers. He said he knows that Cliff Otten was amenable to the original access and that Sid Rebers could go along with either plan. Flint stated that Cliff Otten would be amenable because it would give him an additional access point to the property. Pflaum stated that Otten has two accesses to his property. The road to the west is a right -in only for customers. Further east there is a utility road for service vehicles only. Peterson asked if Mn/DOT is firm on the right - in/right -out access. • Page 4