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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Thursday,August 24,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Crosby moved, Seals seconded,to approve the Consent Agenda as revised,with Item No. 8 being <br /> removed and Item Nos. 11 and 12 being added.VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> None <br /> Edwards addressed Item No. 8 which is a proposal to extend the Water Tower Maintenance contract with <br /> SCH Consulting for another 5 years, noting they are the ones who did the paint and restoration of the <br /> water tower in 2014 and there has been a five-year contract for annual maintenance since then, which is <br /> coming to an end. Edwards clarified the reason the Item was pulled from the Agenda is because they <br /> want to change the payment option to the variable five-year plan as outlined in SCH Consulting's <br /> proposal. <br /> Johnson moved, Crosby seconded,to approve the variable payment plan for a five-year contract <br /> totaling$92,250 and authorize the budgeting of$18,450 each year. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT <br /> 10. LA20-000009—DON GAMBLE O/B/O RICHARD A AND KIM A EDWARDS,2480 AND <br /> 2474 CARMAN STREET, SKETCH PLAN <br /> Don Gamble O/B/O Richard A. and Kim A. Edwards,Applicant,was present. <br /> Staff presented a summary packet of information. <br /> Walsh asked regarding Tract A, even though the lagoon separates it and it's non-contiguous if code <br /> allows to be able to add the land above the lagoon to it. <br /> Barnhart answered adding the lagoon would make it the one-acre gross. <br /> Walsh said regarding Tract B,the issue is the wetland and asked if they can fill the wetland because they <br /> can replace that wetland somewhere else. <br /> Barnhart answered he would have to confirm with the Watershed District but his understanding it they <br /> can fill that in and because it is 400 square feet or less,they do not have to replace it. If they do,they can <br /> identify another location within the Watershed to replace that wetland or buy credits. He said it is a small <br /> area and normally when you start filling in a pond there is a sequence, for example, can the wetland be <br /> avoided, can it be mitigated somewhere onsite,there are three to four steps in the process. Barnhart noted <br /> with a 400 square foot wetland it is not needed to go to those steps which are sometimes a burden to meet, <br /> especially in a community where one doesn't want to impact wetlands. <br /> Walsh asked if it's the Council's discretion, if they want that to happen regardless. <br /> Barnhart answered true. <br /> Page 2 of 13 <br />