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MINUTES OF THE ORONO COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 12, 1988 • COUNTY ROAD 51 CONTINUED 1. Totally eliminate alternate parking elsewhere. parking along County Road 51 and find 2. Widen the shoulder along County Road 51 to a width of 10 feet. Curbing would be provided to encourage motorists to park as far away from the travelled portion of the road as possible. 3. - Eliminate 6 parking slots in the areas where safety is -of the most concern. The slots could either be relocated on the north side, or simply removed and not replaced. In addition to these altervatives, reduction in speed limit was also suggested. However, a speed survey cannot be performed until the construction along County Road 51 is complete approximately one year from now. Another possibility would be to install an access dock to alleviate trespassing. Bernhardson said that he was hoping to elicit comments from the Council and was tentatively proposing to schedule the public meeting for the January 23, 1989. Mr. Singer was present and stated that he would not be available to attend the meeting should it be scheduled for • January 23, 1989. Bernhardson stated that the meeting would be scheduled so that Mr. Singer could attend. Mr. Singer requested that any safety professionals that have been involved in this matter be present at the public meeting. Mayor Grabek concurred. Councilmember Goetten expressed her concern about the DNR's parking slot.requirements. She said that Orono has far more parking slots than required by the DNR. She wondered, however, whether there would be a problem if Orono. began eliminating parking slots. Mayor Grabek agreed that consideration would be given in that regard when options were being examined. Mr. Singer said that he would like to be informed as to the DNR representative with whom the City had been in contact. He said that he had been unable to achieve any results with the DNR: Mr. Singer said that he was planning an addition to his home, but was reluctant to' do so until he knew what the DNR's intentions were. He had received a letter from the DNR that indicated that safety was not their concern. Mr. Singer suggested that the issue of safety be left to the local entities. He felt that the issue of safety was compromised for the quantity of parking slots. Councilmember Goetten and Mayor Grabek concurred with Mr. Singer. Mr. Singer further noted that he had received a letter from the LMCD indicating that they would be in favor of speed • reduction and a f lashing yellow light. The LMCD did not feel that parking reduction was possible. 13