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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Monday, August 17, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 6 of 6 conditions in the Staff report, which were recommending approval of the Comp Plan as proposed and that Staff recommends approval of the subdivisions proposed subject to the MUSA expansion. Ressler commented that he appreciates the clarification on expanding the MUSA and not being able to make it contingent on this particular plat development. It still goes to the City Council and they need to weigh in on it, but again, Ressler thinks the root of this is for this development, for this piece of land it appears that the Commission feels it is something that would fit for the MUSA expansion for the environmental concerns, feasibility and without having to take on a great expense to the City to do so. He said even though it would be nice to approve it as conditional, at the same time he’d like to identify if they feel that this would still be a good fit for expanding the MUSA. Ressler noted he believes one of the public hearing questions was the intended use of the existing property, whether it makes a difference or not and asked Mr. Quinlivan to share any intentions on the use of that property. Mr. Quinlivan said right now there is someone that has a lot hold on it and he believes their intention would be to take the house down and build a new house there. In the end, they could buy it and not do that but that is what he believes their intention is. Libby moved, Bollis seconded to approve LA20-000050 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Municipal Service Area (MUSA) Expansion. Vote: Ayes 6, Nays 1 (Gettman). Kirchner moved, Erickson seconded to approve LA20-000030 Preliminary Plat based on the 7 Staff recommendations outlined in the Staff Memo. Vote: Ayes 7, Nays 0.