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REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD APRIL 8, 1991 ( #12)CABLE TV REPORT CONTINUED Council thanked Mr. Pattrin for providing Bach an informative report. They encouraged him to continue his efforts to g?t the L:MCC to focus more attention on developing the Orono studio. ( #13)HIGHWAY 12 -CITY ADOPTED POSITION Bellows suggested that Council' may wish to include a response to comments made by Steve Hay, which appeared in an article in the April 3, 1991 edition of the "Sailor" newspaper. She said, "I hate to say this, but everything that Ed Cohen predicted is coming true, according to this article." Mayor Peterson noted teat Mi... Hay had responded to the City's position before the City could send that information to him. She also s::ated t:zat the article appearing in the "Pioneer ", reporting on the March 25, 1991 Council meeting, and more specifically, the Council's adoption of the Planning Commission's recommendation, was incorrect. She reed aloud a portion of the article, which stated that the City Council had voted unanimously to adopt the recommendation in its entirety. Rosema:-y Schauer, a reporter for the "Pioneer ", explained that the Citzr Administrator was on vacation, and the Pioneer Staf f had checked -w �_th Ci.ty Staff , ui� u ztil closing time on Wednesday, to see if the minutes were completed so they could check their information. She apologized, and s=ated that the Pioneer would print a retraction in the next issue. Callahan stated that it was his understanding that Council had adopted the Planning Commission's recommendation .;.n its entirety, and that is the action he wanted to take. Butler added, "I made the motion, and Councilmember Callahan's understanding of it is correct." Mayor Peterson stated that she had seconded Councilmember ' Butler's motion, but had thought the m=otion excluded the last paragraph, containing language about future consolidation of the Cities of Long La.ke avid Orono, from the recommendation Council was accepting as their position. Councilmembers discussed their interpretation of the motion made at their March 25, 1991, Council meeting, to accept. and /or adopt, the Planning Commission's recommendation. Jabbour stated that the last paragraph of the recommendation-. suggested that the two Cities may consider consolidating at some time in the future. He believed that Council should accept the recommendation as Councilmember Butler's motion intended. It was moved by Mayor Peterson, seconded by Jabbour for the