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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, July 25, 2016 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 2 of 8 <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />*2. CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 11, 2016 <br /> <br />Levang moved, Printup seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council meeting of <br />July 11, 2016, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Jay Nygard, 1386 Rest Point Road, stated he was going to give a presentation on an investigation that was <br />undertaken by the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office for possible perjury by Council Member Walsh but that <br />he will defer the presentation until the City’s technical problems have been resolved. Nygard indicated he <br />will give the presentation at a future Council meeting. <br /> <br />Pam Meyers, Westonka Historical Society, updated the City Council on the activities of the Westonka <br />Historical Museum. Meyers stated the museum recently had a grand reopening that was held the first <br />week of June to help celebrate the improvements to their building and that approximately 100 people <br />were in attendance. <br /> <br />Meyers stated in addition to the grand reopening, the Westonka Historical Museum has had the National <br />Street Rodders Association tour their facility and that the Red Hats Society will be touring the museum <br />later this summer and then visiting the Narrows Café. <br /> <br />Meyers indicated the Westonka Historical Society also worked with the Orono Park Commission <br />regarding the history of Saga Hills. Meyers stated they learned that back in 1915, Orono Township <br />worked with other nearby townships to form the first area high school. <br /> <br />Meyers distributed some newsletters to the City Council on the museum. <br /> <br />Walsh thanked Ms. Meyers for coming to tonight’s Council meeting and providing an update. Walsh <br />stated the Westonka Historical Museum is a great facility and a great asset to the community. Walsh <br />commented he is glad he is able to lend his support to the museum. <br /> <br />Meyers noted the Historical Society will be hosting a House of Moy dinner at the end of September. <br /> <br />Katherine Kalweit, 4265 Forest Lake Drive, stated she currently has Frontier Communications for her <br />phone service, which is different from the majority of Orono, and that she and several of her <br />acquaintances have experienced difficulties and outages with their phone service over the years. Kalweit <br />stated two weeks ago she was totally without service for four days and that she is wondering why they <br />pay Orono taxes when a small area is not allowed to have another choice in phone providers. <br /> <br />City Administrator Loftus stated from a background perspective, Frontier has a nonexclusive franchise, <br />which means there is nothing to prevent another phone company from entering that area and that it would <br />be a free market decision by the phone provider. Loftus stated if Century Link or another company <br />expressed interest in providing service in Orono, the City would allow them, and that the various phone <br />companies base their decisions to expand on the density of the area. <br />