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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 27, 2022 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 7 of 11 Mr. Ressler noted this is a weird lot design that goes back to when it was platted. He is the third generation to live on the site and his father and Mr. Plachecki agreed to change when the house was rebuilt in the 1990’s to allow Mr. Plachecki to have a little more parking and the yard to be more in-line with the home. He noted if the property were ever to be sold it would be a problem because Mr. Ressler’s property line goes over Mr. Plachecki’s driveway. Mayor Walsh asked if there were any public comments. Jay Nygard, 1386 Rest Point Road, went before the City Council recently asking for a minor property adjustment and they found one little minor technicality in order to deny him. If the City Council is going to be consistent he does not see how they could have possibly denied his property line adjustment and allow it in this case, unless they will go back and visit what happened with him before. He noted he was making everything better on both properties, decreasing hardcover, removing illegal structures, and he sees a similar application here and wonders why they are all working so hard to do it. Mayor Walsh replied when they looked at Mr. Nygard’s application it was creating a very tough practical difficulty. Johnson moved, Printup seconded to direct Staff to draft a resolution for the approval of the variance on LA22-000017, 3683 North Shore Drive and 3685 North Shore Drive. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 9. NAVARRE PARKING LOT (PROJECT #21-040) Edwards stated the Community Development Department has been working on some community engagement and a feasibility study for the Navarre Parking Lot. The action item tonight is approval of the design for the actual construction of the parking lot. He noted there are insufficient funds in the Community Investment Fund to pay for this project in its entirety. Mayor Walsh stated that is because the project has been expanded and the City has PIR funds for one- time projects to help them out and there are plenty of funds in there to get this accomplished. Typically they like to replace those funds over time, although they do not have to make a decision until the fall. Mayor Walsh opened public comments. There were no public comments. Johnson moved, Printup seconded to direct the City Engineer to move forward with engineering and design for Navarre Parking Lot and accept Bolton and Menk’s proposal. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. PUBLIC COMMENTS Gabriel Jabbour thanked the Council members who wanted to meet with him, noting he chose not to meet because it is contradictory to his comments at the last meeting that it is counterproductive to talk to them individually. He said it is painfully obvious that changing the public comments to the end of the agenda is not helping. By now everyone could have left and attended to their business. He said wherever the Mayor goes a lot of controversy surrounds him and it is embarrassing to Mr. Jabbour to be called a former Mayor of Orono as Mayor Walsh has brought the bar so far down. Mr. Jabbour noted Mayor Walsh hid behind the newspaper tonight and he would say “be a man, take it in the face, deal with it, as unpleasant as it was for all of us and it will be behind us someday.” Mr. Jabbour does not think it will be behind Mayor Walsh. It is equally as embarrassing that Mayor Walsh walks barefoot through City Hall because he is