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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING•HELD APRIL 22, 1991 ' (#9)ZONINGFILE #1626 -TRAFF CONTINUED present it to Council at their M,ay 13, 1991, meeting. All voted aye. Motion passed. Mayor Peterson closed the Public Hearings on Zoning File #1623, and #1626, at 8:39 p.m. ENGINEER'S REPORT: (#10 *)REQUEST FOR PAYMENT #6- PUMPHOUSE #3 At Mayor Peterson's request, Council voted to add this item to the Consent Agenda. It was moved by Butler, seconded by, Mayor Peterson, to approve Payment Request #6 in the amount of $29, 925.00, to Richmar Construction for the Pumphouse #3 project. All voted aye. Motion passed. MAYOR /COUNCIL REPORT: Councilmember Callahan stated that he had a:z item he wished to discuss before proceeding with the numbered items under the Mayor /Council Report. He said, "The next item on the Agenda is the Planning Commission appointments to fill tWO existing vacancies. At the present time, the City's Ordinance pj- ovides that- the Planning Commission terns are to be for three years, staggered. I would like to make a .notion that we amend that Ordinance prior to filling the vacancies so that the term will be for one year, and that each of the succeeding terms, as they come up, will. also revert }o one year. The reason I am suggesting to. make such a motion is that it appears to me that we have a somewhat serious condition with the- Planning Commission on a broad, administrative level. That is my own personal opinion. It appears to ::ie that there has developed a serious amount of antagonism between the Planning Commission and Council. The Planning commission has an institutional, as opposed to an individual, view-, that the removal of the Council, that is the somewhat idiotic. and cowardly Council,. by the Planning Commission would lead t-o a much batter administration of the City.. . I have . also h <<d the ,feeling that there were a few membe:-s of that Planning Commission who felt that tizey would be willing to step in if forced to take that position. I have this feeling because I remember having been at a meeting of th-; Planning Commission and Council about three years ago where that feeling was expressed rather forcefully by the members of thy.=_ Planning Commission who we;-e there. I have not seen anything in, the change of the membership of the Planning Commission which makes me think that feeling has changed. I also have that feeling because I have heard members of the Planning Commission, , within -this current year express vie-ws, about the competence of the Council, on,certain matters, in language which - 14 -..