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%ft <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR MARCH 25, 1996 <br />• ROLL <br />The Council met on the above mentioned date with the following members present: <br />Mayor Edward J. Callahan, Jr., Gabriel Jabbour, and J. Diann Goetten. Council <br />Members JoEllen Hurr and Charles Kelley were absent. Representing Staff were Acting <br />City Administrator John Gerhardson, City Attorney Tom Barrett, Building and Zoning <br />Administrator Jeanne Mabusth, City Engineer Glenn Cook, and Recorder Sherry Frost. <br />Mayor Callahan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />(* #I) CONSENT AGENDA <br />Items #3, 7A, 10, 11, and 11 A were added to the Consent Agenda. Jabbour moved, <br />Goetten seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. Vote: Ayes 3, Nays 0. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />(* #2) REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 11,1996 <br />Jabbour moved, Goetten seconded, to approve the Minutes of the Regular City Council <br />Meeting of March 11, 1996. Vote: Ayes 3, Nays 0. <br />PARK COMMISSION COMMENTS <br />• <br />There were no Park Commission comments. <br />PLANNING COMNIISSION COMMENTS <br />There were no Planning Commission comments. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Donna Hanson, 100 East Ridgeview Drive, whose home is at the intersection of <br />Ridgeview and Ferndale North, asked to speak as a member of the Ferndale Homeowners <br />Association. She read a letter from Mary King, 142 Chevy Chase Drive, who is a 5 -year <br />Orono resident. The letter voices their opposition to the interchange under consideration <br />by Mn/DOT at Ferndale and Interstate 394. Hanson referenced an information meeting <br />attended by residents of Orono, Plymouth, and Wayzata, along with Mr. O'Keefe from <br />Mn/DOT on March 7. Those in attendance were surveyed as to their opinion of an <br />interchange at that location, as well as an upgrade to Ferndale. 94% opposed the road <br />installation and upgrade of Ferndale to 4 lanes. Of the 60 Orono residents in attendance, <br />98% were in opposition to the project. Hanson said the concern was the interchange <br />setting the stage for Ferndale to become a 3-4 lane roadway between Hwy 12 and CoRd <br />6, similar to Hwy 101 and would destroy the character of the neighborhood and bring <br />unwanted traffic to the area. Jabbour said he did not concur that this would happen. <br />• <br />1 <br />