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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 />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 16 of 34 <br /> <br />14. LA21-000017 – JOSEPH & SARA THULL, 480 BIG ISLAND, PERMIT FOR DOCK ON <br />CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY (BAY PLACE) – UPDATE – Continued <br /> <br />existing permit owner who has not had a dock there in 6 years will put a dock in this year either, unless he <br />is wrong. He would be in favor of giving it to the Thull’s with the caveat that they must share one side of <br />it…he would give Nancy Farnes first choice to see if she wants to have access to share the dock with the <br />Thull’s. <br /> <br />Nancy Farnes said there were good ideas here that they can solve this for themselves. For instance, <br />exclusively for Big Island, because there are no roads but rather a lake. Is it possible for the City to pass <br />an ordinance just to rent a dock for a person across the way? <br /> <br />Walsh said that is a good conversation and he does not know if they have talked about making an <br />exception for Big Island inland dock owners to build a rent-a-spot from someone with lakeshore on Big <br />Island. <br /> <br />Ms. Farnes suspects if they took a vote, everyone would say yes to that. <br /> <br />Crosby asked can’t neighbors rent docks from each other anyways? <br /> <br />Walsh replied they cannot rent. <br /> <br />Johnson said the problem with relying on that is that they cannot even cooperate on this right now when <br />the Council asked them to go back and work it out. This rental thing will be a moving target and he can <br />appreciate that someone who owns real estate in Orono and happens to be on Big Island wants guaranteed <br />access to their place every year and not beholden to the rental rates decided collectively out there. He is <br />all for allowing people to cooperate out there and he thinks it already does on its own. However, when <br />they are not finding cooperation; that is how they got here. <br /> <br />Walsh said they could always have a neighbor allow one to use their dock, nothing stops them from that. <br /> <br />Ms. Farnes said that is correct. <br /> <br />Walsh said to Johnson’s point, the Council can solve Bay Place today which will be two people. Ms. <br />Farnes has not put a dock there for 6 years anyways and if she wants to use it, she has the first choice to <br />share the dock. <br /> <br />Ms. Farnes does not know how the two other cruisers will fit. She provided a diagram from the Lake <br />Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD) and it only fits barely a 16 foot boat. <br /> <br />Walsh stated she must remember this is City property and they are not guaranteeing one can bring a 35 <br />foot boat in there. <br /> <br />Ms. Farnes is talking about her neighbors who have two cruisers and the diagram just does not fit to have.