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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 25, 2013 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 10 ROLL CALL The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor Lili Tod McMillan, Council Members Aaron Printup and Lizz Levang. Representing Staff were City Administrator Jessica Loftus, Assistant City Administrator for Long-Term Strategic Planning Michael Gaffron, Planning Coordinator Melanie Curtis, Finance Director Ron Olson, and Recorder Jackie Young. Mayor McMillan called the meeting to order at 7:04 o’clock p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA Item Nos. 7, 8 and 9 were added to the Consent Agenda. Printup moved, Levang seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. APPROVAL OF MINUTES *2. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 11, 2013 Printup moved, Levang seconded, to approve the minutes of the March 11, 2013, Orono City Council meeting as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0. PRESENTATION 3. WESTONKA HISTORY MUSEUM Pam Myers, President of the Westonka Historical Society, thanked the City Council for allowing her to speak tonight about their community museum. Myers indicated she came to work in this community in 1981 and learned that Westonka is an interesting word geographically. It is an area with boundaries that are sort of vague, but the Navarre portion of the City of Orono is in the Historical Society’s definition of Westonka. Myers encouraged the City Council to think about ways that the Westonka Historical Society can benefit them personally and is here to preserve the local history of the area. The City has a terrific website with a number of good pages on the history of Orono. The Westonka Historical Society started in 1966 and provides programs in the community creates a document, such as a book, a puzzle, or a game annually, which provides some retail income. The Westonka Historical Society has not had a store front until the last four or five years, and there is now an opportunity to have a permanent location in the Mound City Hall. Before 1950, the local high school was called the Mound Consolidated High School, which consolidated approximately two dozen school districts and provided opportunities for students from as far north as Medina, as far west as St. Bonifacius, as far south as Victoria, and as far east as Stubbs Bay. The school district sent school buses to pick up students in all directions. Item #03 - CC Agenda - 04/08/2013 Approval of Council Minutes 03/25/2013 [Page 1 of 10]