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� <br /> � OR�IJO COUNC IL T IEETING HELD A'1ARCH 8, l9 7 6 P age 11 <br /> ! Dutler moved, Tiassengale seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION #666 <br /> ' R.Qsolution� #666, A Resolution Authorizing Block Grant Fund <br /> Suhmission Of The City� Of Orono Grant Application Application <br /> � To Hennepin County For Inclusion In The Urban <br /> :Innnepin County Community Development Block <br /> + Grant APplication, In Accord t�7ith The Housing <br /> �+nd Community Development Act Of 1974, tlotion, <br /> • Ayes (4) - Nays (0) . <br /> � <br /> S �3utler moved, f�Tassengale seconded, to authorize LEASE - RADIO E�UIP�I�NT <br /> 1�Iayor Searles and City Administrator Benson to <br /> ;� sign a one year lease with Hennepin County for <br /> radio equipment. I��Zotion, Ayes (4) - Nay5 (0) e <br /> � <br /> � i'ayor SParles announced that he, the City NORTH FERNDALE ROAD <br /> , �,dministrator, and Zoning Administrator met Elwell Property <br /> with Plymouth°s Planner and P�r. Sheldon Jo <br /> � JoY�inson of Barton-Aschman, Associates, Inc, to <br /> discuss the proposed development on the �lwell <br /> � p;operty in Plymautho Orono's concerns: Publ.ic <br /> safety, I�iooney Lake densities, land �ise policies , <br /> • r�unicipal service, boundaries and u�`ban and <br /> rural bov.ndaries were discussed. Preliminary <br /> � fa.ctors such aso <br /> ! l. Ei�isting function of the road is as a <br /> � collector for the properties east and west <br /> of the road itself. It al�c� serves as a <br /> � mir.or art�rial for traffic from northeastern <br /> 0�-ono, ��estern Plymouth and southern I�edina, <br /> � connecting these areas with the Commercial <br /> » area of Ulayzataa It would be useful for <br /> thP consultant to determine the percentage <br /> ` of existing traffic that fa11s into each <br /> o.f �he above categories, <br /> 1 <br /> 2, The Comprehensive Plans and zoning ordinances <br /> • of Orono and Plymouth call for two different <br /> densities of land usee Orono - minimum lot <br /> � size, 2 acres (essentially a rural residential <br /> ` land use) e Plymouth - minimum lot size, <br /> 13,000 sq. fto (with urban services such as <br /> � sewer and water to be provided) , <br /> � 3e The Capital Improvement Plans of both <br /> municipalities do not call for any improve- <br /> • mznt to Plorth Ferndale Road. The existing <br /> • �nd �Ianned density of land use caest of the <br /> roa�? in O�ono is such that it is unlikely that <br /> � public func�s could reasonably be dedicated to <br /> � increasing the carrying capacity of Dlorth <br /> Ferndale Road in the futureo This may not <br /> be the case in Plymouth where the land use <br /> � east af the road may indicate such an invest- <br /> ment in the future. The consultant' s analysis (Continued) <br /> • <br /> s <br />