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MINUTES OF REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 9, 1989 • COUNTY ROAD 116 Administrator Bernhardson stated this was for transmitting some of the information prior to the County being present at the January 23, 1989 meeting when this item would be brought back before the Council. He stated there are two distinct issues here - who is in control of whether 116 goes ahead or not and if it goes ahead what options are available to the City of Orono. It was moved by Mayor Grabek, seconded by Callahan, that the Council table discussion of the item until the Council's January 23, 1989 Council meeting. Motion, Ayes 5, Nays 0, Motion passed. Mayor Grabek recognized two Medina residents in the audience. They commented that they were opposed to the project, funding was a question and stated they cannot stop the project even though only a handful of Medina residents are in favor. DRIVEWAY PERMIT 490 OLD LONG LAKE ROAD Applicant was not present. It was moved by Councilmember Nettles, seconded by Councilmember Goetten to deny access to /from Old Long Lake Road from residence at 490 Old Long Lake Road and to direct Mr. Wiken to construct access to Herrick Circle. Motion, Ayes 5, Nays 0, • Motion passed. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES - ENTRANCE STRUCTURES Administrator Bernhardson stated that this was for Council information before its presentation to the Planning Commission. Assistant Planning and Zoning Administrator Gaffron stated this is a set of recommended standards for discussion and some procedures for issuance of permits. Councilmember Goetten stated that the gates concerned her the most and that the setbacks should be such that there is room for turn around as a safety issue. It was moved by Mayor Grabek, seconded by Councilmember Goetten, to send this item to the Planning Commission for study and recommendation. Councilmember Callahan asked if the Council had received information from Senator Gen Olson regarding trees. He asked that since the City has done so much on hard cover, if in general it might be a good idea to have some kind of control over developers and others cutting down all the shade trees to develop property. He asked if the City should give some consideration to adopting an ordinance which gives us control over preserving the trees. Mayor Grabek stated it would be difficult to enforce such an ordinance and what can you do if someone breaks that ordinance, but agreed with the concept of preserving the trees. Administrator Bernhardson stated that other communities, Burnsville in particular, have been looking at this issue and maybe staff can get some information regarding tree preservation 8