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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,February 27,2017 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 17. BIG ISLAND DOCK PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT(continued) <br /> The only thing that I was upset with was the way the City of Orono had treated Susan E.Lurton Park and <br /> not taken of it in the early years. It took several meetings with the Orono city employees and getting <br /> Mayor McMillan and Gabriel Jabbour to get things corrected. <br /> Our family gratefully appreciates all that Mayor McMillan,Gabriel Jabbour and all the other city <br /> employees have done in helping to make the Susan E.Lurton Park what it is today. <br /> My wife loved animals and she would be very happy to see the park being used as a dog park. So I want <br /> to thank each of you responsible for that becoming a dog park today,but I also needed everyone to hear <br /> this. I sat in each of those meetings with Gabriel Jabbour,Jim White,Barb Peterson,and my father-in- <br /> law. The whole thing was that it was always going to be open and accessible to all people. So to hear <br /> what was said in the last meeting was very upsetting. <br /> Ross McGlassan,Tonka Bay,stated he is a Vietnam veteran,served seven years on the Minnetonka <br /> School Board,served on the LMCD for three years,worked on the Minnehaha during its restorarion and <br /> was its first captain. McGlassan stated they held many,many successful events out at the campground <br /> and that he thoroughly enjoyed that. McGlassan stated he is also one of the founders and past presidents <br /> of the Lake Minnetonka Rotary Club. When the Rotary Club was formed,a commitment was made that <br /> the differentiator of our club would be the stewardship of Lake Minnetonka. <br /> McGlassan stated the first thing they did was they got a law passed outlining phosphate fertilizer from <br /> running into the lake. McGlassan stated he then met with former City Administrator Ron Morse where <br /> the Rotary Club offered to build an ADA adaptable asphalt trail up the hill from the end of the dock. <br /> McGlassan stated it is one thing to have a dock there,but if it simply stops at a pile of sand,wheelchairs <br /> cannot make it through. <br /> McGlassan stated from the beginning they were thinking forward about a11 the possibiliries that could <br /> happen out there. McGlassan stated little did they expect that they would be put into a negative position <br /> by the City Council. <br /> McGlassan stated they are all constituents of the lake and that he would like to thank the City of Orono <br /> for assuming the responsibility for being the owner. McGlassan encouraged the City Council to find a <br /> solution to this,noting there are multiple groups of people that can help come up with a viable,long-term <br /> solution to protect this most precious asset. <br /> Bill Cochrane,Eden Prairie,stated he was born and raised in this part of the country and that he srill has <br /> extended family in Orono. Cochrane noted his brother-in-law just recently moved away but that he still <br /> has friends on the lake. <br /> Cochrane stated he and a grade school friend were drafted after graduating from college and that when <br /> they were younger,they would go to Big Island in the wintertime. Cochrane commented it is a special <br /> spot for him. <br /> Cochrane noted he is the vice chair for the Veterans for Veterans Trust Fund and also the senior hospital <br /> representative at the VA Hospital. Cochrane indicated he has put in approximately 7,500 hours of service <br /> time there. <br /> Page 5 of 23 <br />