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MINUTES OF THE ORONO TRUTH-IN-TAXATION/CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,December 10,2018 6:30 o'clock p.m. the current requirements. No drainage improvements located in the western ten feet of the existing perimeter easement are to be vacated. The easement vacation will be recorded at the same time/prior to the recording of the plat establishing the replacement easements. Staff recommends approval. The City Council should open a public hearing to receive any public comments and then either approve or deny the easement vacation. Mayor Walsh opened the public hearing at 7:30 p.m. There were no public comments regarding this item. Mayor Walsh closed the public hearing at'7:30 p.m. Crosby asked what the vacation of the easement is accomplishing. Curtis indicated it will clean up the redundant easements and the new easement will be much larger. Crosby stated he has a concern with the one property that drains to that area,which was done back in the 1960s, and that he has always felt that someone needs to be responsible for channeling the water in a certain direction, preferably towards the street so it does not affect anyone. Crosby stated if anything happens there, it will affect three properties on Walters Port. Walsh noted any drainage plan that is approved nowadays has to demonstrate that the property is handling their runoff. Seals moved,Dankey seconded,to adopt RESOLUTION NO.6932,a Resolution Vacating Drainage and Utility Easements Within Carman Bay Heights and Walters Port,File No. LA18-000092. VOTE: Ayes 4,Nays 0. PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT—PLANNING REPRESENTATIVE JOHN THIESSE 28. LA18-000044—CITY OF ORONO,COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,RESOLUTION NO.6933 Barnhart stated tonight is the scheduled public hearing for the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update. The City has been working on this update since March of 2017. Last month the Planning Commission held a public hearing and voted to recommend approval of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Every city within the 7-county metropolitan area has to update their Comprehensive Plan every ten years and this one is due December 31,2018. The last update was completed in 2008. -. Each amendment must include specific topics that are mandated by state statute,and those include housing, land use,transportation, sanitary sewer and water. The City's Comprehensive Plan Update does include those topics. In addition,the Metropolitan Council provides projected numbers relating to Orono's anticipated population, household and employment growth over the next 10 to 20 years so the City can plan for that type of growth. Even though the City has to plan for that type of growth,that does not mean it will occur,nor does the City have to approve every project that comes before them. Barnhart Page 9 of 19