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, MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,February 23,2015 7:00 o'clock p.m. MAYOR/COIJNCIL REPORT(continuec� Levang stated the newsletter has a lot of information in it and that they will be starting on the June one probably in the next couple of weeks. Printup stated it is likely he has secured a donation of a table,bike rack or bench for Crystal Bay Park. Levang stated a couple of the picnic tables at that park are not in good shape and that it would be nice to be able to upgrade to new equipment. Levang noted the City's donation policy is now online as well. Cornick indicated he attended the Highway 112 turnback meeting with Mayor McMillan and that the comm.ittee should be talking about Orono's portion of the project in the near future. Walsh stated he attended the February Planning Coxnmission meeting and that he heard a good discussion on the retaining walls. McMillan stated she attended the kickoff for the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District comprehensive plan and that over 120 people were in attendance. McMillan stated comment cards were passed out at the meeting and that she would like the City to consider submitting some comments as part of that process. McMillan stated in her view it will likely be an 18-month process and that the Watershed District is focusing on developing partnerships and project flexibility in order to be able to take advantage of opporiunities as they come up as well as having their normal long-term projects that are scheduled. McMillan stated she would like the City Council to come up with some ideas in the next year that can be submitted to the Watershed District since Orono does have a fair number of wetlands and the taacpayers contribute approximately a half million dollazs to the Watershed's levy each year. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT 9. VIDEOTAPING PLANNING C011�VIISSION MEETINGS City Administrator Loftus noted Staff has provided to the City Council some costs and staffing needs for videotaping the Planning Commission meetings and that the City Council should discuss whether they would like to go forward with this. Printup stated he is a proponent of this. Printup stated with the City now having their own in-house system and having experienced success with that from a community standpoint,the City now has the opporiunity to expand that. Printup stated from the standpoint of transparency,videotaping the Planning Commission meetings would help people learn the process and engage the coxnmunity. Printup stated he understands there has been some talk about privacy issues and the fact that people may be uncomfortable. Printup stated to address that,perhaps the cameras would not need to be focused on the residents as they address the Planning Commission but that in his view it is an important step to opening up City Hall to the residents. Printup noted it is a public hearing and public documents. Page 13 of 18