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Home My WebLink About06-17-1975 Council Minutes Work Session � � � CITY OF ORONO • Work Session for the Orono Council held at 6 : 30 P.M. f Spring Hill Conference Center, June 17 , 1975 � Mayor Searles introduced Mr. Steve Prestin and Mr. Dave Milles representing the shoreland � manageMent unit of the Department of Natural Resources. Those in attendance were: Council- � men Massengale and Butler, Dick Benson, Gretchen Hallowell, Donna Carlton, Dave Opheim, Skip • McCombs, John Guthrie, and Henry Muhich. � • Mayor Searles discussed on-site disposal systems ON-SITE DISPOSAL as they relate to density areas particularly in SYSTEMS � the Crystal Bay and Stubb' s Bay areas. � The Human Rights Goals and Objectives for 1975 HOUSIPJG INVENTORY • were discussed. � It was noted that progress had not been made in � the area of Orono housing inventory and policy in reference to low, moderate and high income � housing as set forth in a joint work session of the Council and all Orono commission members � held January 7, 1975. Mayor Searles requested Mary Butler and Donna Carlton to proceed with the • housing inventory. f+' i Mr. Dave Opheim, Park Commission Chairman, PARK NEEDS re�orted on the status of the park needs � survey which will be ready for review in July. • The status of bike/hike trails was also discussed BIKE/HIKE TRAILS 7 and their relationship to a neighborhood park • system. � Mayor Searles discussed relocating the Public PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT � Works Department and stated that the Public Works RELOCATION Department is presently located within a heavily � populated residential area in Crystal Bal�. The present area is not adequate to accommodate • storage of street supplies and equipment. � We are presently using the French Lake site for � excess materials which consists of 40 acres, 28 acres are wet, 6 acres are wooded, leaving 6 acres � as usable. � (Continued) � r � � � • � WORK SESSION HELD JUNE 17, 1975 Page 2 � We feel the French Lake area is inade�uate for PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT public works operations because of the residential (Continued) � properties surrounding it. i Ten to fifteen acres are needed to accommodate � the operation. Residential property located in the southwest corner of Highway #12 and the Old � Crystal Bay Road consisting of fifteen acres, is situated adjacent to industrial zoning, and is ; easily accessable to the current street system. � The Planning Commission should study the committee' s � report and recommend their findings to the Council. � Mr. Dave Milles and Mr. Steve Prestin discussed the DNR SHORELAND � management of municipal shoreland areas of MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS Minnesota regulations as proposed by the Department � of Natural Resources which will be presented at � a public hearing before the commissioners in St. Paul, July 16, 1975, 12 : 30 P.M. at the St. Paul S Tech-Vocational Institute, 235 Marshall Avenue. The proposed rules include preliminary public � waters classifications in the City of Orono, land use designations in shoreland areas, and definitions � for their classification sch�mes. The general discussion centered on: � � l. The rationale of the DNR classifying Lake Minnetonka as a general development area rather � than a recreational development area. � 2. Why separate classification of existing bays and lakes which are located within or are part � of Lake Minnetonka? � 3. The need for controlling density areas. � 4. DNR policy statement should include hardcover � restrictions, pollution effects in density areas, should express concern for environmental protection � of Lake Minnetonka and encourage urban residential development and not industrial development. i 5. Concern was expressed that will present DNR � guidelines be effective to protect Lake Minnetonka . in the future and does the present DNR statement of policy uphold Orono' s Comprehensive Guide Plan � and Land Use Zoning. � It was agreed that the Council and Planning Commission will propose recommended changes or i additions to the DNR proposed guidelines before the public hearing July 16 , 1975 t � (Continued) � � � . '� • WORK SESSION HELD JUNE 17, 1975 Page 3 � It was further agreed that representatives of the DNR SHORELAND Department of Natural Resources will meet with MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District for (Continued) their recommendations on shoreland management and its relationship to lake uses. • The meeting adjourned at 9 :15 P.M. ADJOURNMENT � � � ; j . �-�2� � J��il;:�:�:� � � � Robert L. Searles, Mayor � • �'�,.. -�_ � Attest:,��C��'�"� � �� S Walter R. B son, Clerk-Administrator • � • � � � � � � � � � � s • � • • � • • •