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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 11, 2019 7:00 o'clock p.m. Printup stated on Brown Road and Fox there is a little dock and chair, which is the only one he is aware of. Hamilton indicated he is aware of one other dock. Jessie Johnson stated due to the fluctuating lake levels, the boat would be on the bottom of the lake when it is dry. Johnson commented there is probably not four feet of water in there. Johnson stated he is willing to allow him to have a dock there but that he would like to see it pulled back by a couple of sections. The applicant can always come back and ask for it to be extended if there are issues. Since a lot of the snowmobile traffic is at night, having a dock stick out does not make sense,especially with the large platform on the end. Johnson recommended the applicant pull it back by two sections,which would make it 16 feet shorter. Walsh noted that would make the dock 26 feet. Jessie Johnson noted at the edge of the cattails, the mud is floating on the top and at the end of the proposed dock it is not. To come back after the fact and add on to the dock will not be that easy. Johnson stated they would like to do it right the first time and that this is the way they feel it should be done. Crosby asked how much room there would be to the other side of the channel from the end of the dock. Jessie Johnson indicated from the aerial it looks to be at least 100 feet. Johnson commented it is very misleading because of the cattails and that it is not wide in that area. In order to use it, people have to stay down the middle. If the dock extends out, that would force people to move over more into the shallower part. Crosby asked if a reasonable compromise would be to require the dock be illuminated at night. Walsh stated he sees the issue Council Member Johnson is raising and that at the end of the dock there will be a platform, which is a permanent structure. Johnson stated this is a typical dock that everyone has to put in and out every year. If the applicant was driving pilings in, that would be a different story. Jessie Johnson stated they would like to do it right for the homeowner and that they determined this was the correct length in order to gain the appropriate deck for the boat. Crosby stated his concern is for the snowmobiles but that the dock could be illuminated. Hamilton stated illuminating it is an option and that Fine Line recommended this length to accommodate a small fishing boat. Johnson asked how far the original dock extended out. Page 6 of 16