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. � Agenda Items - May 13 , 1974 Page 3 and while he agrees that it would increase it to some extent, he d�..d not feel that it would be an undue burden to take on Minnetonka Beach and primarily because the County has just recently done a complete assessing reevaluation of the municipality and most of the properties are current in their as^�_�...--��z�,��.f-r�,�,:s,. 21. There is a letter in your packet with corresponding let.te-�rs from the staff regarding Big Island. As far as item #1 is concerned in the letter, the City might want to take a look along wi.th the City of Wayzata about the possibility of a mobile fire fighting appratus so that they would not be without fire protection during those two awkard times of year when the ice is going out and coming in. As far as items #2 & 3 are concerned, I feel that both of those are private matters that the dwellers on the island themselves can arrange with the trash haulers and they could arrange their septic systems to be pumped out as well. I do not see at this time why the City should get involved with either one of those particular operations. The reason that I am bringing this letter to your attention, is that I know Big Island has always been a special concern to the Council and you may want to review other considerations on the island at this time and instruct the staff to write an answer to this letter which would elaborate a little more on the philosphy that the Council has towarci Big Island. It has always been my impression that the City does not want to invest much of anytinng in the island in the hope that eventually it will all become � park or reserve of some sort and that building on the island is frowned upon. 22. This is a proclamation that the Council should consider passing for the recognition of Police Week. I'or your information, I am qoing to attend a breakfast with Sergeant Daniels of the Orono Police Department, which is being held in Minneapolis to kick-off Police Week and Senator Humphrey will be the guest speaker. 23. This is just an item of information for you to put on your calendar to let you know that on June 3, 1974 at. 7 : 30 P.M. the Council must meet with the Assessor to have the Assessor' s Board of Revi.ew. The staff will do all the necessary legal publications and see that the meeting is setup and that the County representatives are here as well. 24. There is a resolution in your packet which would transfer the Park dedication fees that have been paid for the various subdivisions that have occurred in the past to the Park Fund, which was created by the Council in 1973 for the purpose of having a specific fund to put park monies in. The purpose of this fund is really two-fold. It is to insure that a certain amount oa= n.��ney as the Council desires will be set aside for park purposes; and 2, no expenditures out of that fund can be made without Council approval. 25. Councilman Butler will be making a report to the Council in regard to Orono and the Metropolitan Zransit Commission. The issue that she wants to �ddress herself to is what is Orono' s need as the Council sees it, what do �e want in terms of bus �ervice and what do we see our future needs being.