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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Moaday, October 10,2005 <br />7:00 o ’clock pjn. <br />(Hcaacpta Coooty Rcghmal Railroad Aathority, Coatiaaed) <br />Wilda stated she is guessing the property in Orono would be valued at approximately $7.00 per square <br />foot as the market rate and that they are looking at charging seventy cents per square foot to lease the <br />property per year. <br />(Recess lakea from 8:11 p.m. to 8:19 p.m.) <br />PARK COMMISSION COMMENTS - PAUL PESEK, REPRESENTATIVE <br />Pesek stated the Park Commission is compiling a tree ordinance, looking at the possibility of creating a <br />dog park in Navarre or at the Zero Gravity Skate Park, and training for every commissioner. Pesek <br />commented that the Planning Commission does not seem to have a clue of what is going on in Orono. <br />Pesek indicated the Park Commission is also in the process of reviewing their maintenance budget and <br />will be submitting it to the Council for their review in the near future. <br />Murphy inquired how the Park Commission is going to determine the demand for a dog park. <br />Pesek stated the dog park would cost approximately $12,000 and that in his opinion the City should just <br />go ahead and build it and see if it gets utilized. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS - TRAVIS WINKEY, REPRESENTATIVEI <br />Winkey had nodiing to report but indicated he would be available for questions. <br />PUBUC CO I:;nts <br />Adam LaFavre, 1S3S Boluis Point Road, stated they have some issues dealing with a gate they would like <br />to iiutall on their property and that they would like to get this situation resolved. <br />Gundlach noted this issue was discussed at the last City Council work session and that the City’s <br />ordinance currently does not spe^.ifically address the height of the gate between monuments. Gundlach <br />indicated the Council discussed changing the code to read six feet as the maximum height of a gate. <br />Gundlach stated there is a middle piece cm the LaFavre’s gate that does not meet the six feet restriction <br />and that the party’s contractor has been notified of the six-foot height restriction. <br />Gundlach stated cunently the city’s ordinance allows a gate that is 42 inches in height and that the <br />Council has agreed to increase it to six feet. The ordinance cannot be changed until a public hearing is <br />held, which pro ’oably will not be until November. Gundlach noted the gates have been installed. <br />PAGE 6 <br />------ <br />n