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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> • Monday,April 12,2021 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 17.LA21-000017—Joseph & Sara Thu11,480 Big Island,Permit for Dock City on ROW(Bay Place) <br /> —Continued <br /> dock rights. He thinks everyone now needs to understand that is what the language says. He hopes the <br /> solution is to come from the people on Big Island to bring to the Council,rather than the Council <br /> imposing something that will impact families that have been there forever. If he were those families that <br /> have the dock today but may not tomorrow,the only way they will have permanent potential access it to <br /> have a code rewritten that gives everyone in the interior land on Big Island potential access to that dock. <br /> He said this is just theoretical but it would be a group application such as on Crystal Bay where people <br /> have a license to put a dock every year and they apply for it as it is public land. He believes there is a <br /> code issue that needs to be addressed by all of the interiors including the family that has the permit today, <br /> because it can be gone tomorrow,which they all found out based on the language. He hopes they can get <br /> together and bring something that would work for everyone to the City Council so they do not have to <br /> impose something on the families that have been out there for a long time. <br /> Crosby asked how many in the audience are in the chambers for this particular issue by raising of hands. <br /> Walsh noted it is just about everyone. <br /> . Crosby thinks Walsh made an excellent suggestion. <br /> Johnson was suspicious the reason the permit was written that way is so not one person can control it— <br /> just because someone was there first does not entitle one the privilege to what all taxpayers actually own. <br /> Walsh noted nobody has rights to City land and that is exactly why it was written that way. It brings up <br /> an opportunity as there are a fewparcels that need to solve this. He hopes theycan come upwith a <br /> PP Y just <br /> solution and work together to bring this forward. <br /> Johnson replied it was written that way to be sure it was revisited if there was another interested party in <br /> using it. <br /> Crosby asked what year the permit was granted. <br /> Seals replied it was 1986. <br /> Johnson likes asking the community to work together to find a solution that works. <br /> Walsh would not be in favor of granting any permit tonight—he would either put it off or deny it—and <br /> then revisit it knowing the family that has it,the flag has been raised,this is not a permanent dock <br /> whether one puts a dock there or not. There is not a permanent right to it and everyone knows it now,so <br /> let's solve it and fix it. He noted the Council is not going to impose something on one person that is not <br /> going to work for everyone. Rather,they want it to work for everyone because it is a small community <br /> • out there. <br /> Page 5 of 15 <br />