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^ MW' MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 12,2004 7:00 o’clock p.m. (4. U04-2974 RELIANCE DEVELOPMENT CORP., HWY12 / WILLOW DRIVE (OUTLOTA, STONER A Y) - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT - TEXT DRAFT, continued) guide as much as can be on that comer. Murphy pointed out that the parameter requiring a pharmacy/convenience store should not be interpreted to mean a pharmacy or a convenience store, as he would not support a convenience store without a pharmacy. To meet that intent, Gaffron asked if the Draft Text language should be changed by deleting reference to a convenience store. Murphy stressed that it was important to agree that phamiacy/convenience store be interpreted as one word. McMillan questioned why this sentence is in the Draft Text as she would rather use pharmacy/convenience store as an example not as a ‘must be’. She asked what was the purpose of being this specific except for the fact that the Reliance Development Corp. proposal includes this type of retail use. McMillan repeated her interest in determining what is trying to be accomplished with the Draft Text language. Murphy responded that his assumption has been all the way through this process that the anchor for this comer would be a pharmacy not just a retail building. He asked if others agreed with this assumption and, if the Draft Text did not have the ‘pharmacy/convcnience store’ language, how would there be any assurance that the anchor will be a pharmacy. McMillan replied that it is the businesses that come and leave but the buildings remain. Murphy continued that future changes can be accommodated through the plan review process; he was more concerned about the first tenants on the site. Acting Mayor White stated that he understands both points of view but he will not support the Draft Text amendment without the pharmacy language, w hile acknow ledging the challenges of micromanaging tenant uses. However, he would not want a gas/convenience store on the site. Sansevere agreed that the whole impetus for the site development has been to provide a pharmacy on the site. He interpreted the Draft Text language to mean “a pharmacy w ith a convenience store” and not “or a convenvience store”. Sansevere asked staff if there was any issues changing language from 5,000 s.f to 7,000 s.f for the maximum individual tenant spaces except for food-oriented uses now or at a later date. Gaffron responded that by permitting a larger s.f space, a building may have only one tenant in most of the building, limiting the options for varieties of tenants. Ultimately, he summarized, it w ould open the buildings to a wider range of tenant options which may be good. Page 7 of20