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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL ORONO COUNCIL MEETING
HELD JANUARY 7, 1991
A special Orono Council meeting was convened at 3:48 p.m. by
Mayor -elect Barbara Peterson. Present at the roll call were
Mayor -elect Barbara Peterson, Council member -elect Diann Goetten,
Council member -elect Gabriel Jabbour, and Council member Edward
Callahan. Following roll call the members -elect were sworn in by
Dorothy Hal lin, City Clerk.
Following the swearing in, Mayor Peterson indicated the
meeting was to solicit ideas that each of the Council member may
have regarding the upcoming year and that this meeting presented
an opportunity to discuss those ideas with other Council members
and staff.
Information to the Community - Several indicated an interest
in a regular news letter to be transmitted either on a monthly or
quarterly basis to the Community together with a continuation of
the Mayor article format in the newspaper. Additionally
discussed as a means communicate with the community were the
possibility of town meetings to address major issues. Suggested
as an addendum through the news letter and Mayor's article were
discussions of certain problematic ordinances together with
explanation of services to assist individuals in the Community
particularly new ones.
Facilities - Discussion of this issue focused on an upcoming
workshop, probably in March, together with determining the level
of interest that facility committee members may have once the
scope of their continued work could be defined at that workshop.
Additional issues related to that were discussed included
financing, referendum, space size, bonds and the upcoming option.
It was pointed out that there was a definite need as this issue
goes forward that this information be accurately portrayed in
context for both analysis purposes and presentation to the
public.
Highway 12 Corridor Study - Council generally discussed the
issue including the various solutions or corridors that have been
presented together with the impact of a "no- build" alternative.
Additionally discussed were the roles of each of the committees
and the need for a charge particularly for the Citizens'
Committee members.
Consultant /Staff - The roles of City attorney and City
engineer were discussed and it was requested to relate to those
individuals of the desire on the part of the Council members for
more input when they (i.e. attorney and engineer) feel it
appropriate to speak. They additionally requested that while
they are the decisions makers, they are not always the experts
and requested that the information be presented in lay terms in
order to best understand the issues and choices in front of the
Council.
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Policy Body - Information Presentation - Council indicated
the desire to have the Council packets presented to them earlier
in the week than the current Thursday deadlines. Staff indicated
that it would work to see what improvements could be made to that
process and would be reporting back to Council at a future date.
Lake_ Minnetonka_ Conservation District - The Council
discussed the issues currently related to the comprehensive plan
and also the shoreland regulations and after discussion, strategy
related to those directed Council members Callahan and Jabbour
together with Administrator Bernhardson to work in those
directions.
After discussion of other miscellaneous issues, the meeting
on a motion by Council member Goetten, seconded by Mayor
Peterson, the meeting was adjorned at 5:50 p.m. Ayes 4, nays 0.
Attt'kst :
orothy M. Halllllin, City Clerk Barbara A. Peterson, Mayor
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