11-16-2020 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Monday,November 16,2020 6:00 o'clock p.m. they come up with the criteria and say 'this is the expedited list that just gets passed and here it is over here,' those things kind of disappear behind the scenes and he struggles to believe or see that it would come back to a further discussion at a later time with a different Commission or Council. The things that are before them they focus on and they see,but the things that happen behind the scenes and get approved,the Commissioners do not know about and sometime down the road that has been lost track of and things are just getting approved through this expansion permit that the Council/Commission seated at that time may not see or agree with. Chair Ressler told the Commissioners they need to spend the next couple of months to see what might be some low-hanging fruit for this as a starting point and would not become an issue of concern that has been brought up and come prepared with those ideas at the work session in 2021. 5. Update on November 9, 2020 Council meeting Barnhart said the Commission saw 6 applications last month and those 6 were approved on consent as suggested during the meeting, Commission recommended approval and the Council approved those. There was also a discussion about a text amendment related to residential dock use so the Commission will likely see some sort of amendment in January or February of next year that would change how they regulate dock use. Currently, docks are an accessory use in all lakeshore lots with a statement about how docks cannot be rented—he forgets the exact language—and there may be some traction on the part of the Council to make some changes to how that is read. ADJOURNMENT Gettman moved,Libby seconded, to adjourn the Planning Commission Meeting. VOTE: Ayes 7, Nays 0. The Orono Planning Commission meeting adjourned at 8:08 p.m. ATTEST: _ Jon Ressler, Chair Page 23 of 23