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1 <br />MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 22,2004 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m <br />(11. M4-2974 RELIANCE DEVELOPMENT CORP., HWY12/WILLOWDRIVE <br />OUTLOTA, STONEBAY, continued) <br />Applicant stated there is not a lot of interest from banks. They haven’t given up yet and will <br />try to incorporate. They have approached most of the restaurants growing in the metro area <br />and they say the day population isn’t big enough to support a restaurant. In addition, <br />because of the bypass, traffic will be going down. <br />Mayor Peterson took a poll of the Council that indicated all were in favor of moving forward <br />toward a Comprehensive Plan amendment. She also indicated that one Planning <br />Commission member was in favor of an amendment. <br />Mabusth stated that she feels this application started o(Tin the wrong place and that although <br />she couldn’t attend the meeting, the joint meeting with Long Lake was a great step forward <br />and no one said they were against it. <br />Mabusth stated she thinks it would be exciting to have a commercial development be in <br />place for our neighboring community as they face re development and believes there is a <br />spirit to continue to work together with the Long Lake Planning Commission. <br />White moved and Mayor Peterson seconded to grant conceptual approval for a <br />Comprehensive Plan amendment to reflect the conditions in the March 1,2004 letter. <br />Discussion was opened and Moorse commented to clarify what the expectations are that: <br />1) We don’t want to say we are approving 30,000 square feet of retail. Instead we want to <br />be more specific and he believes the pharmacy is key to this site and if the pharmacy is gone <br />and we are just trying to fill up the space that is a different plan than is being talked about <br />here. <br />Gaffron stated that the City will establish parameters in the Comp Plan for development of <br />this Outlot A that will include whatever conditions felt appropriate, whether this developer <br />or any developer. <br />Moorse responded to the applicant that we wouldn’t amend the Comp Plan to simply say <br />“retail ”. We amend the Comp Plan to say it’s fine to do retail in this area versus office as <br />long as the retail serves the neighborhood and fits these parameters. One of the parameters <br />Moorse suggests would be it has to be a pharmacy or something that provides the same type <br />of service uses that a pharmacy provides. <br />2) Moorse continued to say that the other thing he would suggest is the far west 'ly space <br />has to be food oriented if it is all going to be retail because if it’s not then we have w asted <br />that whole building. <br />PAGE 18 of 23