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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, June 13, 2011 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />ROLL CALL <br />The Orono City Council met on the above - mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor <br />Lili Tod McMillan and Council Members Cynthia Bremer, Doug Franchot, Aaron Printup, and Doug <br />Franchot. Representing Staff were City Administrator Jessica Loftus, Finance Director Ron Olson, City <br />Attorney Soren Mattick, City Clerk Lin Vee, Assistance Administrator of Long -Term Strategic Planning <br />Mike Gaffron, Planning Coordinator Melanie Curtis, City Engineer Tom Kellogg, and Recorder Jackie <br />Young. <br />Mayor Tod McMillan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br />Item Nos. 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 12 were added to the Consent Agenda. Item No. 2 was removed from the <br />Consent Agenda. <br />Rahn moved, Bremer seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br />Nays 0. <br />• APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />2. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 23, 2011 <br />Franchot moved, Rahn. seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council meeting of <br />May 23, 2011, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0, McMillan Abstained. <br />' IMCD REPORT - ANDREW McDERMOTT, REPRESENTATIVE <br />None <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS - DENISE LESKINEN, REPRESENTATIVE <br />Leskinen stated she had nothing to report but would be available for questions. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Ralph Kempf, 3675 Togo Road, noted he has spoken before the City Council previously on a couple of . <br />occasions regarding completing the pedestrian connection between the Navarre business district and the <br />Dakota Trail. At those meetings, the comprehensive plan directives for the Navarre area were quoted a <br />number of times, such as the parks and open spaces and trails goal to identify, develop and oversee a <br />• city -wide bike and walking trail plan that provides4rails hetween area parks and open spaces and <br />functions as a- transportation corridor. Kempf indicated he also quoted language from the comprehensive <br />plan that Orono will strive toward connectivity between parks and open space facilities and that the <br />interrelationship between neighborhood parks, conservation areas and the rest of the park system should <br />Page 1 of 9 <br />