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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 11, 2016 7:00 o'clock p.m. MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORT (continued) Printup stated a positive piece is the fact that there is not a whole lot of time involved to gather the information. Printup noted last June this was discussed as being one of the Council's goals, and because it was not explored at that time, the Council has set themselves back six months throughout this process. Printup stated he cannot imagine that sending out an e-mail or a mailing would be that time consuming for Staff. McMillan stated she would prefer this start at the Fire Advisory Committee level, which would allow them to talk about it since it would impact the entire fire district. McMillan asked when the last time was that Council Member Printup raised it at a meeting of the Fire Advisory Committee. Printup stated it was touched on a couple of years ago and then again several months ago. Walsh noted the Council has also had discussions with the Fire Chief recently about it. McMillan stated it is important to let everybody know that the City is considering this. Printup stated he would like to get started on it now so it does not keep getting pushed further out. Walsh stated there does need to be a discussion about it and it needs to start at the City Council. Printup noted it is a City contract and that the City Council needs to initiate the process. Printup stated in his view a mailing would notify everyone at the same time. McMillan stated this Council can direct this to the Fire Advisory Committee, which would allow their input on it. McMillan stated she does not want it to be all of Staffs work and that she would like it to be more of a joint working relationship with the neighboring cities. Printup stated the affected parties could be notified first, and then at a meeting in February, the Council could talk about the data collected. Printup stated he is looking at kind of a two -prong approach. Walsh commented that would give Staff plenty of time to gather the information. Levang asked if Council Member Printup would like the City Administrator to come up with some type of form that gets sent out to the specific stakeholders. Levang asked whether there would also be listening sessions to get the input of the residents. Printup stated that is why he would like to get started now on notifying people since it would give the City Council the rest of the year to work on it. Printup stated he would like Staff to get the okay that they can start coming up with a plan and the data collecting. Printup stated he wants to get the process rolling. Levang asked if the Fire Advisory Committee has enough information on this issue. City Administrator Loftus stated she does not recall the committee discussing this recently in detail or in the recent past. Loftus stated what she is hearing is that Council Member Printup would like to get some data collection going and that in her opinion Staff is capable of gathering that data. Page 17 of 24