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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,December 9,2019 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Walsh said he was at the Planning Commission meeting and it was very clear the access on the public <br /> easement doesn't make a lot of sense for the applicant or from a City perspective for emergency vehicles <br /> or barges that come and deliver stuff, because if there was a dock there,they could not get there. One of <br /> the problems is that there's an overall encompassing ordinance that says you can't grant lake access, which <br /> is what the applicant is getting from her neighbor to be able to have a dock and have ease of access to her <br /> property. He does not know if tabling the application makes sense or if it makes more sense to deny it <br /> because the City wouldn't put anything there to begin with. The bigger change would be to take the <br /> existing ordinance and craft out an exception for people on the two islands,that you could get a Right-of- <br /> Way from your neighbor to get to the lake, which would be the only way to do it because it's landlocked. <br /> At the Planning Commission he said he thought that would be an easy solution to solve a problem for a <br /> landlocked piece of land in the middle of an island that's been using a gracious neighbor's land who is <br /> willing to give an easement to solve the problem. It seems to be the logical solution,to carve out <br /> something very particular for a unique situation. <br /> Printup clarified that Walsh was saying the dock would stay where it has been for half a century but <br /> they'd make it legal. <br /> Walsh said the applicant would be able to get an easement from the neighbor, which would be part of his <br /> title,that would enable her to walk down his property to the dock and it would be permanent. Right now, <br /> the City's ordinance does not allow her to do that. <br /> Printup clarified that it would stay where it's been. <br /> Walsh indicated that it would stay where it's been forever. <br /> Printup confirmed the Council would not be dealing with any City property. <br /> Walsh said the Council would not be dealing with any City property and the Council is saying no to the <br /> City property because it really does not make sense. <br /> Crosby asked if the easement would stay with the property. <br /> Walsh stated it would be a private transaction between the applicant and the neighbor across the street and <br /> it would be a permanent easement he's willing to give her across his property so she has dock access. <br /> Printup noted no one would be hitting electric lines or anything else. <br /> Walsh stated no one would be hitting electric lines or barges trying to get past her dock or anything like <br /> that. He thought it would be an easy solution but something Mattick would have to craft,and it could be <br /> ready by the first meeting in January to vote on so the applicant can move forward. <br /> Crosby asked if that language would stay with the property. <br /> Walsh confirmed that it would stay with the property and would be an easement that would basically give <br /> her permanent access. <br /> Johnson stated it seems to him they could have a dock there in the City easement, based on the ordinance <br /> for the zoning district. <br /> Page 21 of 34 <br />