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