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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,May 10,2021 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 14. LA21-000017—JOSEPH& SARA THULL,480 BIG ISLAND,PERMIT FOR DOCK ON <br /> CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY(BAY PLACE)—UPDATE—Continued <br /> road they put in has sunken down and with a hard rain the road is all filled up.Right now there is a dock <br /> that has been laying there for 6 years and is an eyesore. <br /> Walsh agrees. <br /> Mr.Uran asked the Council not to fill up wetlands and keep their word. <br /> Walsh sat with Edwards and Olson the week before to talk about how to get the docks off the public <br /> property. <br /> Mr.Uran felt bad for the people that want a dock. He spoke with them and said he does not have any <br /> objections to one dock down there as the guy has not had a dock there in 6 years. He said one boat,one <br /> dock,he would be all for. <br /> Chris Bollis,370 Big Island and 220 Stubbs Bay Road,noted there is a lot of misinformation floating <br /> around the island. It might be helpful if the City sent a legal notification telling people that this situation <br /> is trying to be resolved so everyone is notified officially that Council is trying to work with residents to <br /> find a solution.Mr. Bollis does not know if it should rest on the City to provide a dock for an inland <br /> property owner;he thinks a private solution would be better,possibly an easement from a property owner. <br /> Or the recreational seasonal zoning code could be modified to allow an inland owner to rent dock space <br /> from an existing shoreline owner. He noted the ideas are different than the others and he is throwing them <br /> out here to see what happens. <br /> Johnson thinks that is where they started,the Thull's tried to find a deal and that suggestion would have <br /> been easiest for everyone. <br /> Paul Marabellis, 130 Big Island,thinks the solution the City should look seriously at is going to the <br /> southwest of this property. The property is just a stone's throw from the lake to the southwest, and abuts <br /> Three River's Park land. If the City could work out a deal with Three River's it could solve a lot of <br /> problems. He does not think it is reasonable to ask someone to go all the way up to the north shore,for <br /> example. On Big Island there is an advantage to having your boat close-at-hand,both for security and for <br /> convenience. <br /> Karen Backes, 170 Big Island,is not a property owner with a right-of-way next to them, so the resolution <br /> does not affect her per se.As the Council has heard,there are a lot of options being tossed around and <br /> misunderstandings among people. She agreed it would be helpful to have something that says what the <br /> City is trying to do. When she looks at the plotting of the properties, she does not see 7 inland properties— <br /> she sees 7 inland owners but 17 inland properties.Could those be sold off individually and then they are <br /> talking about docks for 17 properties rather than 7? She does not know but thinks they need to be aware <br /> and talk about it. Ms. Backes has an opinion on putting things on Party Bay;being on that end of the <br /> property,they already deal with people coming to their cabins asking where the bus stop is,how to catch <br /> Page 12 of 34 <br />