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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR MARCH 22.1999 <br />(#3) CONSENT AGENDA <br />Items 6,10,11,13,14,16,17,19, 20, 22, and 24 were added to the Consent Agenda. <br />Sansevere moved, Flint seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. <br />VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />*(#4) APPROVAL OF MINUTES • Regular Meeting of March 8.1999 <br />Sansevere moved, Flint seconded, to approve the minutes of the Regular City Council <br />meeting of March 8,1999, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />*(#5) APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Special Meeting of March 16,1999 <br />Sansevere moved, Flint seconded, to approve the minutes of the Special City Council <br />meetingof March 16,1999, as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. <br />PARK COMMISSION COMMENTS • Peter Welles, Representative <br />None <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS <br />None <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Shelly Storch, 1245 Woodhill Avenue, stated she would like to comment on the lawsuit filed by <br />Woodhill Country Club. Storch indicated their land was acquired by their developer from Woodhill <br />Country Club who had purchased the land originally from Mr. Pillsbury. The sale was dependent <br />on approval of the subdivision. Storch stated the development of the subdivision went well until <br />last May when the Woodhill Country Club started construction of a private road to the country <br />club due to improvements to Highway 15, which work was subsequently stopped by the City. <br />Storch indicated their neighborhood has incurred approximately $10,000 in legal fees and additional <br />engineering fees to contest the lawsuit filed by Woodhill Country Club. Storch noted that an <br />affidavit has recently been produced by Woodhill Country Club from Mr. Pillsbury wherein he <br />supports the country club's position, which Storch finds difficult to accept. Storch urged the City of <br />Orono to allow the judicial process to be followed through and the facts to be evaluated by a judge. <br />Storch «ndicated she received a phone message from the president of the Woodhill Country Club <br />who indicated that the private roadway was intended to be open only on a temporary basis <br />while the improvements to Highway 15 were being completed and would only be open to club <br />members. <br />Jerry Storch, 1245 Woodhill Avenue, stated it is their understanding that the City Council Is <br />considering allowing the road to Woodhill Country Club to be open on a permanent basis, which <br />in his opinion would be unsafe and unjust to the surrounding property owners. Storch noted the <br />Page 2