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y , MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 22, 2004 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />• ROLL <br />The Council met on the above mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor <br />Barbara Peterson; Council members Jim White, Jim Murphy, and Bob Sansevere; City <br />Attorney Thomas Barrett; Representing staff were City Administrator Ron Moorse, Planning <br />Director Mike Gaffron, Planner Janice Gundlach, City Engineer Tom Kellogg, and Recorder <br />Joan Ellis. <br />Council member Lili McMillan was absent. <br />Mayor Peterson called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />1. Approve /Amend <br />The following items were included in the Consent Agenda: # 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, <br />19, 22, and 23. <br />Murphy moved, Sansevere seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. <br />VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />• PRESENTATION <br />• <br />2. GABRIEL JABBOUR AND PETER JOHNSON - DAKOTA RAIL CORRIDOR <br />UPDATE <br />Mr. Jabbour stated the city's long -term objective of obtaining a trail transportation corridor <br />presently known as the Dakota line is closer today than three weeks ago. The Surface <br />Transportation Board ruled approving the rail authority might abandon the freight rail use on <br />the Dakota line, with one minor issue Mr. Johnson will address. Mr. Johnson stated the <br />Surface Transportation Board granted an exemption for the entire line for trail use, and <br />provided for a negotiation period of six months on the Carver County portion to take care of <br />the trail use condition. Rail America is free to remove the tracks and controls as long as they <br />comply with all the regulations and deal with the watershed issues. Johnson is sure that it <br />will take six months for Carver and Hennepin counties to resolve issues and as soon as <br />resolution is finalized the exemption is final. If they don't resolve their issues in six months, <br />then it is also final. The exemption is just a six -month extension and is self - terminating. <br />Sansevere asked what the issue is between the counties. Johnson responded that there are <br />selected land granted parcels along the railway in Carver County and the county has asked to <br />keep the trail in tact and so they have asked for time to pursue this issue through a trail use <br />condition. <br />PAGE 1 of 23 <br />