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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 9,2019 7:00 o'clock p.m. Craig Sky, 2795 Pheasant Road, stated he is the house in the middle in one of the options. As the Council can see,there are a number of different options available and that they have stated they basically understand the challenges with the blue line. As you go to the existing line and the red line,the red line actually becomes more restrictive in his example. Walsh noted the Council does not want to make any wholesale changes and that they would just like to make an exception when it goes through someone's house. Sky stated he appreciates that, and if they want to take this one step further,they should show examples of that and have another discussion about it. If the Council took all of these examples and apply their proposed solution to it,everyone could understand it. Walsh directed Staff to bring some examples back to the next City Council meeting highlighting the proposed change by the Council. At that time the Council will just be voting on this one specific tweak to the code. Crosby indicated he is in support of that. Johnson stated he would like to leave it as is and that the Council can review any issues on a case-by-case basis. Crosby stated the proposed language would help clarify it. Walsh stated the goal is to make government as simple as possible and that Staff can bring it back in two weeks with that specific language. 17. CITY LAND SALE PROCEDURE Barnhart noted back in May of this year the City Council received a request from a party regarding the purchase of a city lot off of Willow Road. In addition,Council members have been approached regarding the four city lots on Crystal Bay Road. Those reasons,as well as recent requests to vacate rights-of-way, prompted the Council to consider a policy to respond to these requests. In June,the Council directed Staff to prepare a policy,which was reviewed on August 26. Following discussion,the Council found that a policy was not necessary and directed Staff to prepare a procedure. It requires an interested party to provide a written proposal, a narrative, and, if part of a development, a sketch. Johnson stated they should put language in there saying the sale request should be made in writing and provided to Staff. Johnson noted this is just a process to get it to the City Council and that they could change it from administrator to Staff. He would further recommend the person requesting the purchase provide details of the intended use and the proposed purchase parameters in their written request. Johnson suggested deleting B and replacing it with the language he suggested. Item C would be changed to Staff rather than Administrator. In addition, Item E needs to be revised to read better. Walsh stated E should perhaps say selling or buying. Page 7 of 10