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Orono City Council Work Session Monday, August 27, 2018 Council Chambers 5:00 p.m. 2. Stormwater Planning Discussion — Continued Vitas mentioned that when the city comes to mow, she has to go clean out the ditch so that the water can get to the culvert and they feel that the City's maintenance of that ditch has not been sufficient. Walsh mentioned let's get back to the CIP. We would like to take care of a problem if it needs to be taken care of. If we have to pull a few dollars from the CIP to fix and take care of the problem than we should do that. Rief mentioned that part of the problem with that ditch is due to the length and width of it in its current state. Walsh would like to take care of it the first time and to get it done right. We do not want to have to revisit it again after the fact. Walsh noted if we are going to do it lets spend the money correctly the first time. Edwards mentioned that we are looking for direction as to what the City stance is on the issue. Council Member Richard F. Crosby noted that the biggest part of this is that the ponds and the drainage needs to be solved first before the problem can fully be fixed. 3. Orono Oaks Drive Discussion Edwards presented Orono Oaks and the need for repair, bill and assess. The city maintains the easements on private roads. When it becomes an issue of Public Safety, the city needs to take over the maintenance and the road. Rief mentioned that we have the following options: we could do all the repairs and assess the residents and it remains a private road; we could do all the repairs and assess the residents and make it a public road; or we could do the minimum amount of work needed to repair it. Discussion followed and the group determined that a public hearing should be taking care of as soon as we can to take care of this issue. Meeting End 6:14 p.m. ATTEST: Anna Carlson, City Clerk Dennis Walsh, Mayor