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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,November 9,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Printup said it is a slippery slope. All of a sudden the neighbor becomes a neighbor from 5 cities <br /> eastward and then it gets in to boat registration and proving it,then it gets in to the 72 hour rule. All of <br /> the material is out there and it sounds like Barnhart and Attorney Mattick will have the privilege of sifting <br /> through it. He noted he does not mean to make a joke or mockery of it,but rather it is seeing it a hundred <br /> times sideways. He is okay with other members reading the material and coming up with an informed <br /> opinion. He said it sounds reasonable in this situation,but then what happens across town when it is a <br /> wider street in a more dense neighborhood and all of a sudden there are more boats. <br /> Johnson stated there is also little capacity to enforce it. <br /> Printup said unfortunately,the spotlight was put on this situation and here they are because someone was <br /> upset and that is how neighborhood fights start. He said if they find out,please don't get into any kind of <br /> squabbles. <br /> Mr.Melander said the Rudds have the ability to have two boats,and that is all there is going to be. Either <br /> it will be their boats or someone else's boats so he does not see that it should affect the neighbors. <br /> Johnson said if those boats are registered in the property owners' name... <br /> Mr. Melander stated those are their two boats, and if the Rudds have the right to have two boats, it is not <br /> like they are creating more boat traffic. In 2012,the Council invented the wheel,outlined it with 1,000 <br /> feet and it was voted down. He said they are looking for the Council to take the 2012 proposal and voting <br /> yes or no. <br /> Jackie Gamboni lives across the street from Kathy and Dick Rudd and they walk to and from their boat <br /> because their house does not own the lakeshore that adjoins their property to the lake. To Matt's point <br /> and the concerns about disturbances, disruptions, and people being unruly, she thinks that is up to the <br /> property owners' discretion. She noted both families park their boats there,walk to and from the boats, <br /> and are not out late at night partying or doing anything crazy. Rather, it is just using their boats during <br /> the afternoon hours and they are very respectful. <br /> Johnson noted that is his point,these are people who are doing things as well as they can,yet somebody <br /> does not like it so a complaint came in. He said imagine what happens when they spread it across the <br /> whole city and that is what he thinks they must keep in mind. <br /> Ms. Gamboni asked if the complaint could have come in with concern that the Rudds were renting the <br /> dock slip without knowledge of the circumstances. <br /> Johnson said he does not have an opinion on that, but the sky is the limit—someone could have not liked <br /> how they looked...he just does not know. <br /> Ms. Gamboni noted they got a new boat and perhaps the neighbor who complained did not know who it <br /> was and raised a flag. <br /> Crosby said in talking about code enforcement, sometimes these are codes the Council cannot cut teeth <br /> into or do not proactively go out and look for violations, as no one would ever rest. He thinks this is <br /> something the Council should look at deeper. It is understandable from a neighbor's perspective and <br /> knowing who is there for the safety of the neighbors. Regarding the short-term rental deal, it was <br /> Page 10 of 15 <br />