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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 23, 2023 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 12 pretty big issues with it starting with, there was no record of the discussion with the city attorney and myself regarding my request to abstain from the vote on the refurbishing of the fire truck. That whole section was not there. There are several other sections related to fire where details are lacking. So I'd like to understand more about how we can either send these notes back whether it's me making a motion to do so or whatnot, because it's really not an accurate representation of the meeting. City Administrator/Engineer Edwards said the City can send the minutes back to the contractor who prepares them and then bring an amended set back to the council the next meeting. Walsh responded that we'll just leave the minutes off for the time being and we'll just table it. Edwards clarified the council can table it or direct staff to send it back to the contractor. Walsh directed staff to send the minutes back and then bring them back and make sure they are correct. 9. APPROVAL TO ACCEPT TRANSFER OF PROPERTY – RESOLUTION NO. 7335 Jane Delaney, 1315 Woodhill Avenue, said her question was curiosity on her part. How does that work? Has the property already been paid for? Or was it paid for when it was bought? Walsh said he believes that when the City did the agreement a long time ago that it paid for it and this is just the transfer of title. City Attorney Mattick said the Council at the time had been interested in pursuing this parcel for a while so they did buy it from the property owner who by my recollection was still living there. They reserved for themselves what's called a life estate, meaning that the city went ahead and paid for that property, but they got to stay there for in essence, the remainder of their life and or until they moved away from the property. Their attorney did contact me and said they're moving so pursuant to the agreement that had been negotiated a while ago, then what remains of that property gets transferred to the city so that it's totally the city's at this point. Ms. Delaney asked what Mattick meant by what remains of it. Mattick said they reserved for themselves what's referred to as a life estate which is the ability to stay in that property as long as they lived, or until they moved which is what was negotiated. So they still have that right. Walsh stated, we don't owe them any money at this point. They just ended their rights basically. And so now the transfer was fully done by accepting this and then it'll be back in the Parks hands to say let's see what we need to master plan this whole fabulous park to suit what we're going to do now to put it all together. Seals moved, Crosby seconded to adopt Resolution No. 7335 Transfer of Property. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0.