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MINUTES OF THE ORONO NAVARRE TOWN MEETING Thursday, March 13,2003 7:00 o ’clock p.m. ROLL The Council met with the public on the above mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor Barbara Peterson; Council Members Jim Murphy, Jay Nygard, Jim White, and Bob Sanseverc; Representing staff were City Administrator Ron Moorse and Recorder Kristi Anderson. The audience was made up of appro.ximatcly 45 residents, plus additional members of City staff. Mayor Peterson opened the meeting at 7:04 P.M. Mayor Peterson welcomed the public to the Navarre Town Meeting, c.xprcsscd the Citj'*s desire to listen to their comments, and turned the floor over to Administrator Moorse. Moorse asked the public for their feedback on two fronts; first, what the public liked about Navarre, its amenities, and features and characteristics worth preserving: Second, what improvements could be made to make the community an even better place to live or work. PUBLIC COMMENTS Evon Paige, 3493 Crystal Place, As a long term resident, Ms. Paige stated that Navarre is a nice place to live, a safe place for kids, and presides a good mix of youth and older adults. Ms. Paige commented that she would hate to sec a big box disrupt the natural order of the community or it become an industrial area. Ralph Kempf, 3675 Togo Road, stated that, while he enjoys the small town neighborhood feel provided by Navarre, he worried about the community turning in to a traffic corridor. Although tUiTcntly a corridor of sorts, he indicated that over the past several years, traffle has worsened dramatically with an increase of short cutting. He feared the current situation was a mere inkling of what w'as to come, and cautioned the Council of allow ing Navarre to turn into another Watertown. Mr. Kempf wished to prcseiv e the character of Navarre and provide better places for people to w alk. As he found the intersection traffic shocking, Mr. Kempf encouraged the Council to plan for additional walking trails in the area and along Shadywood. John Ericson, 1620 Shadyw ood, and owner of two additional lots neat the Snyder’s in Navarre. While Mr. Ericson felt Navarre provided its residents with nice amenities, he expressed his concern over too much traflic. l•urthc^nore, be asked how and w hen the zoning of his two Navarre parcels had been changed from residential to commercial, as appeared to be depicted on a map of the area. (Note: Mr. Ericson had interpreted the map ipcorrcctly, the lots remain zoned residential.) John Klick, 3703 Casco Avenue. As a new resident, Mr. Klick expressed his concern regarding excessive dumping that has iKCurred on City owned land along Casco Point. He indicated that he loved Navarre, but had concerns over the standing water, brush, and debris being left on those sites and asked how he or the City could clean these up. Mr. Klick also expressed his desire for installing speed bumps along his roadway. Sanseverc asked Moorse to address the dumping issue. Klick stated that the dumping seems to be occurring at several points along Casco Point Drive. PAGE 1 of 10