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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD JULY 11, 1988 • his backyard. His major reason for applying for City Council is his concern over the I -394 pressure. He believes it is going to come, especially if you take a look at what has happened out in Apple Valley and Lakeville. He believes Orono is a very unique community and wants to keep it that way. Housing will be an issue and he believes we can .keep our bedroom community a bedroom community. Councilmember Goetten stated that she is sure that everyone appreciates Mr. Kelley's help and leadership within the past few years -as a member and now Chairman of the Planning Commission and welcomes the opportunity to have him before the Council. ALAN R. NETTLES Mr. Nett les•. :is° ,a ' new • resident to Orono , and is a lawyer... He has a lot of interest in the area. He very consciously picked the Orono area in which to live. He had a lot of positive feedback from people they know who live in this area. He agrees that there is going to be a lot of pressure put upon the City as the I -394 project continues. He would like to partake in the decisions made that will affect the Community in which he lives. He would like to uphold the positive factors - larger lot sizes, good schools, etc. He has had a number of experiences that brought him in contact with environmental law, both in law school and with being • an administrative law judge for the last 10 years. He feels he is versed in corridor studies as far as highways and so on. His law school project was to read and outline every national environmental policy as they came down and most•of them were highway siting decisions. He feels with respect to Highway 12 project, if you don't plan it, it will plan you. It is just too prime not to have a lot of commercial development that is either going to happen as a result of some conscious planning or will happen willy - nilly. He would like some light industrial or commercial development, with no fastfood. He would like to see a mandatory buffer that would protect the residential areas. Redevelopment of Navarre - Mr. Nettles reiterated Mr. Kelley's and Mr. Gilbert's feelings. He would like to see some kind of:' i requirement to adopt a cosmetic similarity that would have to be met. The store owners would have to do it themselves, as opposed to the City footing the bill. Facilities needs - No question that they need to upgraded, but the question is where do you do it. He thinks it would be natural for it to be on Highway 12. Council /Planning Commission Responsibilities - Mr. Nettles senses what has been going on based on what has been said by others. He feels the ' Planning •Commission implements what the Council indicates as being the law, so if the Planning Commission is doing a reasonable job interpreting the rules and regulations, then the Council probably ought to stand behind it. 13