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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,June 26,2017 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 14. APPROVAL OF GOLF COURSE DRAINAGE PROPOSAL <br /> PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> Mark Doepke,265 Hollander Road, stated he would like to discuss the action that was taken at the <br /> previous City Council meeting relating to the change in fire protection for certain portions of Orono that <br /> are currently served by the Wayzata Fire Department. <br /> Doepke asked if the notice was sent to Wayzata purely to keep the City Council's options open or has the <br /> decision been made to make a change. <br /> Walsh stated the decision was made to make the change. <br /> Doepke noted four to five years ago a similar proposal was brought up, and prior to it being taken up by <br /> the City Council,all the residents in the affected areas were sent a mailer notifying them of the proposed <br /> change and giving them the opportunity to speak on the matter. <br /> Walsh stated that occurred last summer. <br /> Doepke stated there was also another hearing on it four to five years ago. Doepke stated when it <br /> happened a number of years ago,everybody in the affected area was sent a notice giving them the option <br /> to come to the City Council meeting to discuss it. Doepke stated during the course of those discussions, <br /> some research was done by either the Wayzata or the Long Lake Fire Department that looked at five <br /> different key areas that were serviced by the Wayzata Fire Department as it related to the number of miles <br /> and the time to respond. In five out of five of those situations,it took the Long Lake Fire Department <br /> longer to respond,particularly to the Chevy Chase neighborhood. Doepke noted it took over four and a <br /> half minutes longer for the Long Lake Fire Department to respond theoretically than the Wayzata Fire <br /> Department. <br /> Doepke stated in each of these five cases,while there were some cost savings to Orono,there was a <br /> longer response time required in order to service the call. Doepke stated that means people living in that <br /> area in a fire situation will be suffering greater damage than they would currently. Doepke asked if that <br /> was taken into consideration in the Council's vote. <br /> Walsh stated if Mr.Doepke watches the videotape from the last Council meeting,he will see that the <br /> Chief of the Long Lake Fire Department addressed that issue. Walsh noted the Mound Fire Department <br /> takes twice as long to get to Minnetonka Beach than Navarre but that it is all within the required response <br /> times. Walsh stated the City Council looked at whether the Long Lake Fire Department would be within <br /> the required fire response times prior to making the decision,which they were. As a result,the Council <br /> felt it was appropriate to bring it under the auspices of the Long Lake Fire Department,which services the <br /> rest of Orono. <br /> Crosby noted the Long Lake Fire Department has a box alarm system,which is an automatic mutual aid <br /> service with Wayzata,who would be responding to a house fire as well. <br /> Doepke asked if he is saying that in the instance of a fire there would automatically be an alarm sent to <br /> Wayzata and they would respond. <br /> Page 2 of 12 <br />