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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, February 10, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 14 of 15 <br /> <br />Walsh noted the City Council has tried to keep fees as low as they can, actually what it costs versus trying <br />to get as much money as the City can. <br /> <br />Johnson said he wanted to tell the Council what other cities were doing because they were not introduced. <br /> <br />Crosby, Johnson, and Printup had a discussion regarding Orono being in the dock business to a degree but <br />that it does not want to be overly involved. <br /> <br />Barnhart asked if the City wanted to charge for a second boat. <br /> <br />Walsh said no, as long as they go by the LMCD regulations. If the property owners want to have Jet Skis <br />or boats, the residents are treating it like it is their property and they have to comply. It should be $325 a <br />year whether it's one boat or two boats. <br /> <br />Printup asked if it was normal to have more than one boat; he was thinking one boat. <br /> <br />Walsh said they would have to have room for it. <br /> <br />Crosby stated he did not know where they would fit more than one boat on those lots. <br /> <br />Seals, Walsh, and Crosby discussed the need to address swimming/bathing rights if there are four docks <br />and a lot of boats, since the area would be clogged up. Crosby stated he did not think the City should go <br />down that path and did not think it would happen, and Walsh said there are still setbacks between <br />neighbors and there are setbacks for docks and everything else for the LMCD. <br /> <br />Mattick said if someone has a dock and a boat 20 feet from the shoreline, once you're talking about <br />swimming on the surface water, they can do that in front of anyone's property. <br /> <br />VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 1 (Johnson). <br /> <br />FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT <br /> <br />Olson had nothing to report. <br /> <br />MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT <br /> <br />Johnson had nothing to report. <br /> <br />Crosby noted Shannon's fiancé got back safely from Kuwait. They are very grateful and also thankful for <br />his service. The Chiefs won the Super Bowl. <br /> <br />Printup had nothing to report. <br /> <br />Seal said Planning Commissioner Mark McCutcheon broke his leg in two places playing broomball and <br />asked everyone to keep him in their thoughts and prayers. <br /> <br />Walsh encouraged everyone to participate in the local elections. He noted there was a story in the Star <br />Tribune about vacation rentals edging out residents in resort villages. VRBOs are buying the property,