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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MONDAY DECEMBER 10,2001 <br />*11. Award of Bid for Joint Long Lake/Orono Fire Station Soil Correction <br />No action required. <br />12. Resolution in Support of Joint Long Lake Fire Station Construction <br />Committee's Work and Recommendation—Resolution No. 4737 <br />Sansevere stated he kept this item ofT the Consent Agenda because he felt the resolution <br />was before them to show their support of the Fire Department. He stated he whole­ <br />heartedly supports the Fire Department and the Committee, as does the rest of the <br />Council. He also felt the Fire Department had already been counseled and he reminded <br />them that the fire station is being built for the Fire Department of the next twenty-plus <br />years. <br />White moved, and Flint seconded, to adopt Resolution No. 4737 in support of the <br />work of the Joint Fire Station Construction Committee in the design of the new Long <br />Lake Fire Station. <br />Vote: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />*13. Payment Requests—Long Lake Fire Station Project <br />White moved, and Flint seconded, to approve the requests for payment in the <br />amount of $5,380.42 to SEH for the site survey and staking of soil boring locations, <br />and to the Construction Bulletin for the bid advertisement in the amount $146.70, <br />and to authorize payment of the invoice amounts. <br />Vote: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />14. Appraisal of City-Owned Parcel <br />Moorse stated the City had received an offer to purchase the 2-acre parcel on the comer of <br />Old Crystal Bay Road and Highway 12. The City Assessor had given them a ballpark <br />figure for the property’s value. Now that there is an offer on the property, they are <br />proposing to have a formal assessment of the property’s value made. <br />Sansevere stated he felt the cost of the appraisal was too high. He also felt the only <br />comparables were other properties in Orono. He suggested putting it out for a bid. <br />Moorse stated that the fimi was recommended and could do the assessment in tiie time <br />frame desired. Sansevere suggested asking for on hourly rate. White stated he could <br />check with his office, but the amount did not surprise him. <br />Flint suggested approving the appraisal, but making it contingent on getting a more <br />acceptable price.