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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />January 23, 2017 <br />5:00 o'clock p.m. <br />PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard Crosby II, Aaron Printup, and Victoria <br />Seals. Representing Staff were City Administrator Jessica Loftus, Community Development <br />Director Jeremy Barnhart, Senior Planner Michael Gaffron, and City Clerk Diane Tiegs. <br />Guests: Sharon Klumpp, Waters and Company; Steve Tallen, Tallen and Baertschi Attorneys <br />1. Housekeeping Items for the New Council <br />a. Direction for Taking Work Session Meeting Minutes <br />Council directed Staff to provide more in depth minute taking of the Council Work <br />Sessions. <br />b. Food Preferences <br />Light meals are provided for the work session meeting nights due to the long <br />evening. Council would like to continue the light meals and rotate food orders <br />between the local establishments. Jessica stated that approximately $60 is <br />allocated per work session. <br />Council would like to try having coffee/cookies available for the residents during <br />the February Council meetings. This will be re -visited in March to determine if this <br />will be permanent. <br />c. Future Work Session Topics or Requests <br />Loftus provided background on how items are place on the work session agenda. If <br />someone would like discussion on an item it is added to the list for future topics. <br />Pressing items for discussion are prioritized with future topics filling in the agenda <br />items for the month. <br />i. February Draft: <br />1. Joint Park Commission Work Session for annual check-in. <br />2. Interview Candidates for Two Openings on the Park Commission <br />Park Future Use ?(DW) <br />Applications are being accepted for Park Commission alternates since <br />Council approved the addition of alternates at the January 9, 2017 meeting. <br />Walsh stated he would like to place protections on the parks and would like <br />to review with Soren what can or cannot be done with park property. <br />Walsh stated he wanted an ordinance stating a 5-0 vote was needed to sell <br />park land. Aaron stated that typically when land is donated for park usage <br />there is an agreement in place. <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />