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i. MINUTES OF THE � ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, February 27, 2006 7:00 o'clock p.m. (10. 1331 NORTH ARM DRIVE—RE I�IEl�!'CONDITIONS OF RESOL UTION ND. 4026, COI!tlll Z!L'll� Murpl�y movecl, Sansevere seco�ided, accepting and authoriziiig an Ame�idment of Resolutio�i No.4026 to remove the language requiring the remov�l of the phnnbing aud I�eating f'acilities from the accessory building�vitli the caveat tliat t1�e tub/sliower be allowed to reinai�i eiicasect by a sfielving iuiit. VOTE: Ayes 5,NRys 0. 12A. PRESENTATION BY GREG NYSTAD OF HILL SCHOOL Mooi•se indicated he had advised representatives of the IIill School that the City was not supportive of approving tax-exempt bond �nancing for the Hill School construction project,because of the potential appearance of a conflict of interest, since the City was currently considering a variance application for the construction project. Nystad explained that the Hill School would like to Uond to finance additions and improvements to the school subject to the City approvals of their variance application. He stated that they hoped the City would approve a bonding resolution so that they could begin a privately placed public offering sometime in March. Although the Attorney had indicated that there was no legal conflict of interest to approve the bonding issue prior to the variances,Murphy stated that he was uncomfortable that the funding far the bond issue might have the a�pearance of a conflict of interest. Brokl reiterated that there was not a legal conflict of interest, though it was up to the City Council's discretion whether they felt there was an appearance of a conflict to the puUlic. Sansevere stated that the mere appearance of a conflict of interest was of utmost concern to him and stated that he could not endorse it until the variance process was completed. Nystad stated that it was very cotrunon for money to be approved in advance of the variance process for schools in order to lock in a lower SO1C3 rate for schools. Sansevere reiterated that he would be more comfortable to get the bonding approval done after the variance process was complete. Having fanliliarity with fiu�ding for pubIic purposes,White stated that he did not have a problem with approving the fiulding for a SO1C3 project. Murphy stated that he simply felt inadequate to make a jud�nent here and questioned whether it might appear to the�ublic schools that the City is fimding the conzpelitio��. Gaffron stated that the variance process is a two phase application and would not be completed at least until after the March Planning Commission Meeting. Mayor Peterson stated that the City Council would prefer the IIill School complete its variance process before the Council would consider the Uondingrequest. PAGE � of�