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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,January 13,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Seals and Walsh stated ten years was a good number. <br /> Seals indicated her recall of the work session was that Staff would come back with some options for what <br /> it would look like and didn't remember the City Council making a decision to treat each one individually. <br /> Crosby stated he did not think the City would need to make a joint dock because then everyone has to be <br /> counted upon to take care of it and work together as a group. Rather, each dock should be kept with the <br /> property. <br /> Walsh said the City does not want to be in the dock business. <br /> Seals stated the City is in the dock business;the City is giving people permits for visitors. <br /> Walsh asked, if there are joint docks,who is responsible for the docks as far as putting them in/taking <br /> them out. <br /> Seals stated the property owners would figure it out. <br /> Walsh stated Printup was also very clear that the City does not want to be in the dock business. <br /> Crosby said he is not on board with that idea. <br /> Johnson asked why he was not on board. <br /> Crosby stated it would create more hassles and that the City is going to be pulled into them. He would <br /> rather have each individual home across take care of their own dock. <br /> Walsh said some people might have bigger boats while others might have smaller boats. <br /> Crosby stated he is in agreement with no storage on"City land"during the wintertime and to extend the <br /> time frame. He referenced his local channel where there are shared walls and said they cannot get five <br /> people to agree on anything when it comes to repairing things and costs associated with it and then <br /> nothing gets done. If each individual is responsible for their area,they will take care of it. <br /> Seals said she is not convinced that would be the right way to handle it. <br /> Johnson stated it is City-owned property and other people have a deeded right to this land. By grouping <br /> the docks, it makes more land accessible to the people that are already entitled to it. If individual docks <br /> are put there,that's when the renting of dock slips occurs,et cetera,and the City would be more in the <br /> dock business than having a single,multiple-dock license with a very specific dock plan that has to go in <br /> precisely every year. The two people in the middle have a dock and are long-standing owners,but the <br /> other two don't currently have dock rights or a dock. It's City land that's going to be further intensified by <br /> this,and grouping them together confines the scope of what the City is allowing to a single spot. <br /> Walsh said he thought it was very clear that the direction in front of the Council was the direction the <br /> Council wanted to go. He suggested tabling the matter until Printup was present so it could be voted <br /> upon with five members present. <br /> Page 4 of 7 <br />