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� <br /> � CITY OF ORONO <br /> � ' <br /> Special Meeting of the Orono Council, 7: 10 P.M. <br /> November 17 , 1975 <br /> ` The Orono Council met on the above date with <br /> the following members present: Acting Mayor <br /> � Massengale, Councilmembers Butler and Paurus. <br /> Absent: Mayor Searles and Councilmember Welsh. <br /> 1 <br /> • Councilman Norman Paurus reviewed the recent <br /> Hennepin County proposal to identify existing <br /> '� streets in and around Lake Minnetonka stating <br /> • that: <br /> � A study was initiated approximately one year ago <br /> by members of the Hennepin County-Lake Minnetonka <br /> � Area Transportation Committee to provide a plan <br /> which would relieve the predicted traffic <br /> • problems in the west Hennepin County area. <br /> The County has submitted a plan which would <br /> � classify all existing streets as either <br /> � collectors or arterial type systems. <br /> � The arterial ciassification would indicate a <br /> street with a potential for higher traffic counts <br /> and eventual improvements such as widening, <br /> straightening curves, left turn lanes, and <br /> excessive hard cover. <br /> � Mr. Paurus stated that Hennepin County has <br /> � recommended that County Ft�ads #15 and #19 be <br /> classified as arterial streets and #110 as a <br /> r collector. Other alternatives were: <br /> � l. County Road #110 as an arterial; County <br /> Roads #19 and #92 as collectors <br /> • <br /> 2. County Roads #15 and #19 as collectors; <br /> � County Roads #110 , #44 , and #15 west of <br /> . P2ound and Fox Street as arterials. <br /> � Mr. John Guthrie, Planning Commission �hairman, <br /> stated that the City of Orono in the past and <br /> � today want County #15 classified as a parkway <br /> roadway. Mr. Guthrie continued by stating that <br /> � the Orono Planning Commission and City Council <br /> • devoted many months negotiating with Hennepin <br /> County in developing a five-year plan for the lake <br /> � area, establishing a ring route concept whereby <br /> County Road #110 would be constructed as an arterial <br /> � curving into County #6 and State Highway #12 while <br /> � completing County Road #19 as a total ring route <br /> concept which would reduce traffic at the lake area <br /> allowing County Road #15 to be a scenic route. <br /> � <br /> � <br /> • <br />