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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, May 10, 2021 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 10 of 34 14. LA21-000017 – JOSEPH & SARA THULL, 480 BIG ISLAND, PERMIT FOR DOCK ON CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY (BAY PLACE) – UPDATE – Continued docks by Fred Bunchen’s property, which was approved, as well as a permit to have a dock by Ms. Uran’s property. She noted they filled, took out trees, leveled brush, and left it in a huge pile just down from the cabin. Walsh asked who is “they”? Ms. Uran replied she does not know who did it, Gabriel was in charge and was the one pushing for it by the Uran’s property because Fred did not want it by his property. She said it is like the same issue is coming up again and again and is getting pushed down by her property. Walsh replied they need to remember there are already two licenses for people to dock near her property. He is not pushing anything there, as there are already two people that can put docks there. Ms. Uran said they had heard ‘massive docks’ and that is what gets people going. She thinks the problem does need to be addressed and she is in favor of one right-of-way, one resident, and one dock. Share the pain, she does not see why they have to have it all down by their property. Johnson thinks there is support for that. The Council hopes the property owners come up with a solution but if they do not, there is a good sense of a solution from the Council’s vantage point. Ganging them all up on one family is not a realistic way to solve it in Johnson’s mind. Ms. Uran said it is nice to hear that it will be taken into consideration. People are also concerned about having a dock next to them: will someone come roaring in on an ATV and disturb things? Ms. Uran stated having the dock next to them did not decrease their property values. Yes, it is inconvenient and nobody wants the dock by them. She clarified during a wet season, the dock near her is almost underwater. Ms. Uran would love to see this get solved, as well, and she is not sure there will be a solution everyone will agree on. Suzy Thiss said she and her husband Peter live at 270 Big Island, right next to Bay Place. She read the minutes from the last meeting and attended a planning session; she would like to understand what the permit says as it transfers from one person to the next person. As Walsh understands, whoever applies for it and gets approved, the other person gets knocked off. Ms. Thiss asked what the Council thinks about that. Walsh said it was set up oddly and they are trying to solve that problem, as well. Ms. Thiss thinks the application should be denied and something more realistic put in place. She took a look at the map and said there is a place on Cruiser’s Cove that is adjacent to park land; that particular