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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, February 27, 2017 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />ROLL CALL <br />The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor <br />Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard Crosby, II, Wendy Dankey, Aaron Printup, and Victoria Seals. <br />Representing Staff were City Administrator Doug Reeder, Community Development Director Jeremy <br />Barnhart, Public Works Director/City Engineer Adam Edwards, Senior Planner Michael Gaffron, City <br />Planner Melanie Curtis, City Attorney Soren Mattick, and Recorder Jackie Young. <br />Mayor Walsh called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br />Item Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, and 14 were added to the Consent Agenda. Item No. 2 was removed from the <br />Consent Agenda. <br />Printup moved, Seals seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br />Nays 0. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />2. CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 13, 2017 <br />Walsh requested the minutes on Page 17 be corrected under Item No. 18 to read that one of the bonds was <br />closed out in 2013. <br />Walsh moved, Cosby seconded, to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council meeting of <br />February 13, 2017, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Jay Nygard, 1386 Rest Point Road, stated he read on the Internet that there would be no comments or <br />discussion at the time Item No. 17 is discussed. Nygard noted most of the people in the audience are here <br />to talk about the docks on Big Island. <br />Walsh indicated that item will be open for public discussion. <br />Nygard asked if he changed what it said on the Internet. <br />Walsh stated he is not aware of what Mr. Nygard is talking about but that they will open it for public <br />discussion. <br />Gabriel Jabbour, 985 Tonkawa Road, questioned whether the Mayor is really going to wait until Item No. <br />17 comes up for discussion to allow all these people to speak. Jabbour noted he has provided <br />correspondence to the City Council regarding this item and the history of Big Island. <br />Jabbour commented most people will do things for the betterment of the community unless they are <br />proven otherwise and that he believes the Council is trying to better the community. Jabbour stated from <br />the early 1970s, it was the goal of the City to acquire the island. When it came up for sale in the 1980s, <br />Page 1 of 23 <br />