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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 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 />Barnhart asked if the Council wanted him to make the changes discussed. <br />Council members directed Staff to make changes regarding the storage and length of time. It will then be <br />reviewed with Printup and a vote taken on the direction the City Council will go and then the matter <br />moved forward. <br />Walsh noted the City Council wants to have the Code changed but has to figure out in what form. <br />Johnson suggested Mattick be present, stating he got much of his direction from Mattick because he was <br />not at the meeting in question. <br />The City Council tabled consideration of LA19-000097, City of Orono Text Amendment related to <br />dock licensing. <br />Dennis Walsh, Mayor <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />