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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, November 23, 2009 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 5 of 8 (6. #09-3428 MICHAEL AND MARILYN HUTHWAITE, 3382 BAYSIDE ROAD, Continued) Bremer indicated she is in support of the application and that perhaps the City may want to look at rezoning some of these smaller lots located in two-acre zoning districts. White stated he is in agreement with Commissioner Murphy and that the proposed improvements will enhance the creek and the neighborhood. Murphy moved, McMillan seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5887, a Resolution Granting Variances to Municipal Zoning Coder Sections 78-305, 78-1279 & 78-1288, and a Conditional Use Permit Pursuant to Municipal Zoning code Section 78-966. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 7. #09-3432 CHRIS GERARDI, GENERAL MANAGER ON BEHALF OF WAYZATA COUNTRY CLUB, 200 WAYZATA BOULEVARD WEST – CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT FOR MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT 430 OLD LONG LAKE ROAD Bremer moved, Murphy seconded, to direct Staff to direct an approval resolution for Wayzata Country Club, 200 Wayzata Boulevard West, granting of a conditional use permit amendment for the maintenance building located at 430 Old Long Lake Road. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT Murphy noted he received a call from Jared at the Sun Sailor regarding the hiring of the new city administrator. McMillan noted she attended the LMCD meeting this past week to hear the report regarding the herbicide treatments. The residents of St. Alban’s Bay and Gideon’s Bay were interested in expanding the program to their area. Carman’s Bay was not treated this year due to lack of funding. McMillan noted the milfoil has been decreased on Gray’s Bay and Phelps Bay but they did experience some difficulty on Phelps Bay due to the water movement. The first year they applied a liquid herbicide and the second year they did a granular application. They are attempting to fine tune the application process. McMillan reported that curly leaf pond weed did increase in Gray’s Bay and Phelps Bay but decreased in Carman’s Bay this past summer. One possibility is that the eradication of the milfoil allowed the pond weed to grow more. The LMCD agreed that if the residents of Carman’s Bay can raise the necessary funding, they would add that bay to the project. If the other bays would like to fundraise and apply herbicide to their bays, they would need to go through the DNR process of obtaining a permit. McMillan noted there were a couple people in attendance that were opposed to the use of chemicals on the lake. Franchot noted he has been attending a number of meetings of the Lake Minnetonka Cable Commission. The discussion around FTTH, fiber-to-the-home, continues to be quite serious and that the Commission does recognize a number of the pitfalls associated with the project. The Commission is currently developing a plan to address some of the monetary concerns and have determined that the project is not qualified for any of the current government grants since Hennepin County is considered an urban area. Item #02 - CC Agenda - 12/14/09 Approval of Council Minutes 11/23/09