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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,June 12,2017 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> CONSENT AGENDA—Continued <br /> 16. #17-3937 BLACK BEAR BUILDERS OB/O JOHN BROOKS,905 FERNDALE ROAD <br /> WEST,VARIANCES,RESOLUTION NO.6767. <br /> 17. #17-3938 TC HOMES,INC.,(Brian Tutt)OB/O NANCY BLOMS, 1325 REST POINT <br /> LANE,VARIANCES: LOT AREA,LOT WIDTH, STREET SIDE YARD SETBACK <br /> RESOLUTION NO.6768. <br /> This item was removed from the Consent Agenda. <br /> 18. RESIGNATION OF RACHEL DODGE—ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ASSISTANT <br /> 21. #17-3935 ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOLS,2687 WAYZATA BOULEVARD WEST, <br /> CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT—RESOLLJTION NO. 6769. <br /> 24. #17-3941 ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOLS/CITY OF ORONO,685 OLD CRYSTAL BAY <br /> ROAD NORTH,TEXT AMENDMENT: SCHOOL DISTRICT ZONING—ORDINANCE <br /> NO. 198,THIRD SERIES. <br /> Printup moved, Seals seconded,to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br /> Nays 0. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> Walsh stated this is the section of the City Council meeting where residents are allowed to make public <br /> comments relating to items not currently on the agenda this evening. Walsh requested the comments be <br /> limited to five minutes. <br /> Jay Nygard, 1386 Rest Point Road, stated he is here tonight to accept an apology from the City Attorney <br /> and the City. Nygard indicated there was a letter to the editor a few days ago written by him and it <br /> outlines how the City Attorney was not exactly truthful in an article entitled"Latest Orono Lawsuits <br /> Include Neighbors, City and Mayor"published on May 1 l, 2017,by the Lakeshore Weekly. In that <br /> article City Attorney Soren Mattick stated that a court recently upheld the City's ordinance on SWECS. <br /> Nygard stated the Minnesota Court of Appeals,who did the ruling, did no such thing,and that the actual <br /> wording in the opinion is,`Because Go Green did not assert a declaratory judgment claim,we, like the <br /> District Court,take no position on the reasonableness of the City's SWECS ordinance." Furthermore, <br /> given the negative statewide ramifications of the decision,a petition for review on the case has been <br /> submitted to the Minnesota Supreme Court. <br /> Nygard stated it is quite disturbing to him that the City Attorney would misrepresent the truth and attempt <br /> to sway public opinion against him and his family when his job is to be neutral and honest. Nygard stated <br /> he would hereby demand, and hopefully the residents of Orono would also demand,an official public <br /> retraction of Mr. Mattick's statement in the Lakeshore Weekly News. Nygard stated the truth is that the <br /> Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Minnesota District Court chose not to decide the wind turbine issue <br /> either way and actually invited them to file a declaratory judgment claim. <br /> Page 2 of 19 <br />