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REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD APRIL 8, 1991 (|12)CABLE TV REPORT CONTINUED Council t->anked M;-. P^ttrin f >r providing s.ich a.i informative report. They encouraged him to continue nis efrorts to get the LMCC to focus more attention on developing the Or.ono studio. (#13)RIGHWAY 12-CITY ADOPTED POSITION , . Bellows suggested that Council may wit'.h t-o include a response to comnents made by Steve Hiy, which appeared in an article in the April 3, 19U edition of the "Sailor newspaper. She said, "I hate to say this, b.it everything that Ea Cohen predicted is coming true, according to this article. Mayor Peterson noted that Mr. Hay had responded to tne City’s position before the City could send that information to him She also stated that the article appearing it tne "Pioneer", reporting on the Mar.Th 25, 199x Council meeting, and n.«r soecificauy, tne Council's adoption of tne PUnmn, Commission*s recommendation, was incorrect. £ae tead aloj portion of the article, which stated that the City Council had voted unanimously to adopt the recommendation in its entirety. Rosemary Schauer, a reporter for the "Pioneer". explained that the City Administrator was on vacation, and the Pioneer staff had checked with City Sr.aff, uo until closing time on V/ednesday, to see if the minutes were completed so they could check their information. Sne apologized, and stated that e Pioneer would print a retraction in the next issue. Callahan stated that it wns his understanding that i"ouncil had adopted the Planning Commission's recommendation ;.n its entirety, and that is the action he wanted to take. Butler added, "I made the motion, and CounciImember Callahan's understanding of it is correct." Mayor Peterson stated that she had seconded Councilmember Butler's motion, but had thought the motion excluded the last paragraph, containing language about future consolidation of the Long L?ke and Orono, from the recommendation Ccjuncil was accepting as their position. CounciImembers discussed their interpretation of the motion made at their March 25, 1991, Council meeting, to accept, ana/or adopt, the Planning Commission's recommendation. Jabbour stated that the last paragraph of the recommendation suggested that the two Cities may consider consolidating at some time in the future. He believed that Council should accept the recommendation as Councilmember Butler's motion intended. It was moved by Mayor Peterson, seconded by Jabbour for the - 18 -