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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,January 11,2021 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORTS—Continued <br /> Johnson said the Council should talk about the sewer inspection, he sent two clients through beforehand <br /> and had one go through the City(the City did the inspection),and the other did a private party. He said if <br /> people do not want the City going in to their house they can hire their own person. He stated it is important <br /> to get that data to the City,as they need the video to watch it and approve if it is okay or not. He said Staff <br /> is working with the IT Department to see if they could create a portal to upload the videos as email does <br /> not work because the files are too big. <br /> Seals asked if they have tried WeTransfer as it is free. <br /> Johnson said they are open to all safe options. He noted they ended up putting it on YouTube so the City <br /> could watch it. The process online and application is good,but he cautioned that word is not out yet, and <br /> there will be last minute things—he just received a call from a realtor today who did not know about the <br /> sewer inspection process. <br /> Olson stated"IT Dave"as the Staff calls him was discussing this the previous week and Olson believes he <br /> had checked out WeTransfer and was double-checking to make sure it is an acceptable platform. He hopes <br /> they will have that done quickly and carefully as they are uploading a video file into the City's network. <br /> Printup likes the trial runs they did. <br /> Johnson said it is interesting because they have done approximately 10 of them. <br /> Seals asked about the results and if they are finding problems. <br /> Johnson said it is 0-for-2 on his;he noted part of what they are trying to prove to the Met Council is whether <br /> they are really right in what they are charging Orono. <br /> Seals wondered that,also, if there are really problems or not. <br /> Johnson thinks in a dozen they have done,there was one that needed some correction. <br /> Olson said ironically,he was told it was the very first one. <br /> Walsh noted there will always be hiccups or glitches that they must solve and at least they are relatively <br /> easy to solve and getting through the process helped them figure things out. He said as they were speaking <br /> of restaurants being open, he went to Redstone which is near his office in Maple Grove and the waitress <br /> said he was the first person to sit at the bar and order in three months and noted it was nice to see someone <br /> eating at the bar. Walsh reported it was great to eat somewhere other than his desk. <br /> CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT <br /> 15.UPDATE ON PURCHASE OF PROPERTY ON OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD <br /> Walsh noted the City owns it and he wants to talk about the second phase. He wants to get organized with <br /> Edwards to get whatever they need to get done and get the bids to bring sewer and water out there. He said <br /> at that point they would have marketable land no matter what happens;when they approve the bids the next <br /> step will be to get some architectural services to design a general building framework to find out where <br /> Page 8 of 12 <br />