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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 24, 2014 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />    Page 12 of 24   <br />(5. #13-3638 SOURCE LAND CAPITAL – 405 NORTH ARM DRIVE – LAKEVIEW GOLF <br />COURSE PROPERTY – CONTINUED SKETCH PLAN, Continued) <br /> <br />Piepho asked if those costs would be spread out over all the residents of the city or just the residents of <br />the development. <br /> <br />Loftus stated the agreement would likely just apply to this development. <br /> <br />Levang indicated it would be a user fee. <br /> <br />Loftus noted there are certain neighborhoods in Orono that currently receive water from Long Lake or <br />Wayzata and those rates are variable depending on the rate charged by each individual city. <br /> <br />Piepho stated everyone talks about the traffic that the golf course has handled over the years, which has <br />been parlayed into what the roads will be able to handle, but that she would encourage the City Council to <br />consider the amount of traffic that will be on the roads once summer comes. Piepho stated the <br />intersection in that area is not a very good intersection and that the City Council needs to look at the <br />amount of traffic that will be generated from this development. <br /> <br />Piepho noted Mr. Hiller has stated that he needs a minimum of 50 lots in order to make this development <br />work economically. Piepho stated at the last meeting it was indicated that there were real estate market <br />surveys completed showing a demand for homes in the range of $800,000 to $1.5 million. Piepho stated <br />if there is such a demand, she does not feel that eliminating a couple of lots will play a big part in making <br />this development a success. <br /> <br />Hiller stated to their knowledge the market survey information is accurate and that they are putting their <br />own money into this project. Hiller noted he did indicate to the City Council that he would work on <br />reducing the lots. <br /> <br />Ryan Bennett, 4680 North Arm Drive stated his first question for the developer relates to the entrance on <br />the north side. Bennett asked where exactly that is located in comparison to the current entrance to the <br />golf course. <br /> <br />Hiller stated he does not have the exact measurement from the corner. <br /> <br />Bennett pointed out the location of his property and indicated he does not want headlights shining into his <br />house from this development. <br /> <br />Curtis displayed on the overhead the layout of the development and noted that it does not appear that <br />headlights will be shining into Mr. Bennett’s property as currently proposed. <br /> <br />Bennett stated he also has a concern regarding the safety of the intersection and that he was not aware <br />there would be two entrances coming into this development. Bennett stated during both the morning and <br />afternoon rush hours, the majority of the people will head north on County Road19 up to Highway 12 and <br />into the cities for work. Coming home, the people will be traveling over the hill on County Road 19 and <br />taking a left onto North Arm Drive. Bennett stated in his view there will be a lot more people coming <br />into this development than what occurs today and that there should be a traffic signal in that area. <br />