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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, May 10, 2021 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 11 of 34 14. LA21-000017 – JOSEPH & SARA THULL, 480 BIG ISLAND, PERMIT FOR DOCK ON CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY (BAY PLACE) – UPDATE – Continued access is not next door to anyone’s cottage or home and she finds that might be a good solution and have it capped at 7 boats. Walsh asked if the Thiss’ are next to Judson’s. Ms. Thiss replied it goes Judson’s, Farnes’, Saari’s, and then Thiss’. She said having a public/rental dock next to the park in Cruiser’s Cove makes sense to her. Peter Thiss noted there is a defined road and people utilize it in the winter for construction materials and it is accessible for all the houses up there. He noted it is a low-impact area. Going down through Ms. Farnes’ and Jud’s it is literally a drainage ditch, it floods, will not be accessible in heavy rains, and becomes a real problem. Ms. Thiss has walked through there and is full of water, nettles, snakes, and lizards. Mr. Thiss believes the other area proposed is low impact, easy, does not affect any residents, and will work for everybody. Crosby asked how close the area on Cruiser’s Cove would be to where the boats are anchored and docked. Ms. Thiss said the Deggendorf family has a family dock, there is one cottage and a sign on the dock that says “private.” She thinks putting a private sign on is a good solution and pointed out someone could walk on her dock, as well. Barnhart looked at the resolution that previously approved the dock; the way is written is: should there be any other requests from inland property owner to use the site, the permit is automatically revoked. He clarified it is not an approval or denial question, it is when a request comes forward the Council at that time felt the need to look at it more comprehensively like they are doing now. Walsh said once the applicant puts an approval in, they get it and the other person is out. Barnhart replied once they make the request, the other person is out and the Council decides who gets it. John Uran, 140 Big Island, is right next to the 90-foot easement. He asked if the Council puts a dock in down there, would they guarantee that they would not fill in the wetland to make docks down there. Walsh can guarantee he is not going to fill in any wetlands down there. Mr. Uran remembered one time Orono said they would not fill any wetland for anyone. He said they filled in 5-8 feet of the wetland on the 90-foot easement; someone needs to take a survey of that wetland and the