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ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 13, 1990 CHRISTMAS EVE DAY CONTINUED understands Staff's reasoning. It was moved by Acting Mayor Callahan, seconded by Gcetten, to direct staff to close City Hall on Monday, December 24th and allow the option of using either vacation or 1991 floating holiday to be used for that day and acknowledge that staff will maintain at least a minimum staffing level for ‘onday, December 31, 1990, with Public Works department head determining whether it is a scheduled work day. If not a scheduled work day, department personnel would use either vacation or a floating holiday in the same manner as Cxty Hall personnel. Motion, Ayes-3, Peterson, Nay. Motion passed. LMCD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN/SHORELAND REGULATIONS Acting Mayor Callahan asked to comment on this item, even though it had not been removed from the Consent Agenda. He stated that after the first of the year, it would wise for the City of Orono to meet with the other lakeshore communities to prepare for oncoming events. Nettles commended Callahan for his efforts in this matter. Goetten asked Callahan whether in t's opinion, the LMCD was still willing to work with the cities t at did not approve the plan. Acting Mayor Callahan replied. "No. If you look at this list of cities that did not approve the plan, you can see that the majority of lakeshore communities are not for the plan. T:ie LMCD has a situation that is not practical. The LMCD is now focusir ” on shoreland management. They went to the DNR and took their shoreland management regulations, which the DNR was planning to use to make the cities adopt this plan. The LMCD tightened up the regulations a bit. The LMCD indicated that since they were the agency that would negotiate with the cities that they would be able to be flexible about the plan. However, the DNR representative attending the meeting did not agree. He indicated that he wanted the plan the way it was. He assumed that since the LMCD had adopted the plan, that everyone favored it. So basically the LMCD has adopted the DNR plan as their own as part of the Long Tarm Management Plan. However, the LMCD will be unable to be flexible because the DNR has told them what to do. The City needs to establish a plan that is agreeable to the cities listed here that will enable us to deal with the DNR. I do not think we should work with the LMCD under any circumstances. The LMCD has no power. It may be difficult to work with some of these cities because their views differ from ours. It is my understanding that the DNR would now like to establish a comprehensive zoning plan for the entire lake." Goetten asked whether it will be necessary to amend some of - 22 - 4