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feferW--:-fev m. •I Srr:*r ?-v^ m- mft al ;!i^mn*^'Sf ■V-. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD JULY 27 1992 ORDINANCE i104, SECOri SERIES - CONT. Jabbour reported that at the public hearing, Mr. Dunn stated he felt the City had not researched tne issue enough and provided names of contacts. Jabbour said he talked to a Fred Hunt, Consulting Engineei and expert on floating docks, who reported that the styrofoam is toe worst possiblj way of doing anything. Hunt said there are issues that no one has thought about including the danger of using styrofoam around gas and oi I , and ultra-violet rays breaking up the foam faster. Jabbour stated that United Design Association reported that if the styrofoam is to be encased, It shouId be done with a metal and plasric layer. Neil Ross, President of International Marine Institute, stated that styrr^oam is a nation-wide problem. Jabbour said :hat everyone he tahsed to was willing to back the City’s position. It was moved by Callahan, seconded by Butler, tc adopt Ordinance #104, Second Series, with the following corrections: First page, subdivision 1 - ‘Dt/Cks, platforms, buovs. and other floating structures. . . ’ Change "City waters’ to ’’City limits’. Subdivision t - ’Gasoline, funes, . . .” delete the word fumes. Subdivision 3, Page 2 - inclJde buoys. Subdivision 3, Paragraph B - "This exception does not Include repairing or replacing the existing styrofoam. Ayes 3, nays 0. Goetten abstainec. Qoetten felt that th^y did not ha/e enough time to review the proposed ordinance. Gaffron asked that the Sub-section be changed as that number has already been used. Callahan felt it best fit at the end of the chapter. He added that the mf.rina owners were given an opportunity to discuss the issue at the Lake Use Committee meetings, and they have been advised throughout the entire process. Goftten asked tc review the eimerded ordinance at the next meeting. i