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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, January 26, 2009 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> PAGE 7 of 11 <br /> <br />*11. 2007 AND 2008 JOINT USE DOCK LICENSES – RESOLUTION NOS. 5807 THROUGH <br />5816 <br /> <br />Bremer moved, Franchot seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NOS. 5807 through 5816, directing <br />staff to issue joint use dock licenses to: Big Island, Inc., Bohns Point Lane Homeowners, Forest <br />Arms, Country Club Addition Homeowners Association, Inc., Foxhill Homeowners Association, <br />Kelly Cove Homeowners Association of Orono, Minnetonka Power Squadron, Pheasant Lawn <br />Homeowners Association, Property Owners at 460, 500 and 550 Tonkawa Road <br />(Gage/Nelson/Carlson Families), Victoria Estates Homeowners Association and Walter’s Port <br />Maintenance & Improvement Association for the years January 1 to December 31, 2007 and 2008, <br />respectively. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br /> <br />MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT <br /> <br />Bremer commended the Planning Commission for their work on the Comforts of Home application. <br />Bremer noted the addition to the building the bowling center is located in will be a complex application <br />and that there are a number of issues that will need to be addressed. <br /> <br />Turner stated the owner’s representative has had a couple of meetings with the neighbors regarding the <br />application and that the owner will be in attendance at the next Planning Commission meeting. <br /> <br />White concurred that the Planning Commission has improved over the past couple of years and is doing a <br />good job on the applications. <br /> <br />Bremer noted the Pioneer Press has a front page article in their sports section on Dan Reeder, a pond <br />hockey player from Orono. Bremer stated Schlitz Beer is now sponsoring the weekly pond hockey game. <br /> <br />Bremer commented the number of foreclosures in Orono has reached an all-time high. <br /> <br />McMillan noted she attended the recent Mn/DOT meeting and suggested that the turn-back committee <br />meet in the near future. <br /> <br />Murphy stated he did attend their regular monthly Mn/DOT construction meeting and that in his opinion <br />there are too many objectives that Mn/DOT is attempting to achieve with the new highway at one time <br />and that in the process of getting it open, issues have been created with strippage and signage. In <br />addition, Mn/DOT has been receiving a number of phone calls regarding the signage and the language <br />that should be on the signs. Murphy stated he was told the new signage would be put up on Tuesday but <br />that almost a week later the new signs have not been erected. Murphy stated the businesses in downtown <br />Long Lake have also been negatively impacted by the traffic being rerouted and that the business owners <br />have been contacting Mn/DOT. <br /> <br />Murphy noted there is another meeting scheduled for Thursday and that Mn/DOT will be presenting their <br />final recommendations for signage. Murphy noted throughout this process they held numerous meetings <br />with the residents and the business owners and that approximately 12 or 13 business owners were in <br />attendance. <br /> <br /> <br />Item #2 - CC Agenda - 02/09/09 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 01/26/09 [Page 7 of 11]