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. ' Nr <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL <br />MEETING HELD ON APRIL 8, 1996 <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />• <br />(*#4) REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 25,1996 <br />Hurr moved, Goetten seconded, to approve the Minutes of the Regular City Council <br />Meeting of March 25, 1996. Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />PARK COMMISSION COMMENTS <br />No representative of the Park Commission was present. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS <br />Planning Commissioner Sandra Smith had no comments. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Mary King, an Orono resident, who lives on Chevy Chase Drive, was present on behalf of <br />the Ferndale Road Committee. She asked to update the Council regarding a possible <br />interchange at Hwy 12 and Ferndale Rd. King reported that the Wayzata City Council <br />met with representatives of Mn/DOT, Tom O`Keefe and Patty Loken, during a work <br />session and council meeting on April 3, relative to the proposed interchange. O'Keefe <br />said the interest was in the TSM proposed interchange_ King said letters of opposition • <br />were read. The Wayzata Chamber of Commerce, Wayzata Community Church, and <br />Redeemer Lutheran Church voiced their opposition. Also present at that meeting was <br />Charlene Zimmer of SRF. <br />King said another meeting was held with Plymouth residents, who were in opposition to <br />the interchange. Another meeting was held at the Mn/DOT offices with their staff to <br />inform them of the opposition to the interchange by the Ferndale Road Committee. <br />Callahan asked King how the meeting went. King said O`Keefe listened to their concerns. <br />There were 6 committee members present at that meeting along with Plymouth Council <br />Member Price. King said they were informed that the interchange would not be moved <br />back to the Hwy 101 location as Hwy 101 was at capacity. King said the meeting was <br />based on numbers and not on a "not in my backyard" mindset. She said Mn/DOT did not <br />have the traffic numbers to support the need for the interchange. <br />Jabbour reported that he attended 6 meetings on Hwy 12 last week alone. He voiced his <br />concern with Mn/DOT working with the municipalities and believes Mn/DOT would be <br />willing to litigate. He asked King to make sure all her information is correct. He noted <br />that Ferndale Road will never be a four lane road. <br />The Council said they were all concerned with the issue. <br />2 <br />