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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, February 22, 2010 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> Page 13 of 19 <br /> <br />(4. #10-3442 THE EMILY PROGRAM, 2180 NORTH SHORE DRIVE, Continued) <br /> <br />Bremer stated the point is that it is not known whether property values will decrease if The Emily Program is <br />located in this neighborhood. <br /> <br />Marfield commented that they do not want to take the chance of that happening to their valuations. Marfield <br />stated they could go to Billy‟s Lighthouse or go to the VFW in Mound that is currently in foreclosure. There <br />are also two Snyder Drug Stores that are going to be vacant that could be used for this program. Marfield <br />commented that there are a number of failed real estate ventures around the area that could be considered. <br /> <br />Dr. Miller noted that this building has the appropriate zoning and that the owner is willing to sell the property. <br /> <br />Sandra Dess, 1260 French Creek Drive, asked if it is also irrational to assume that there will be an increase in <br />traffic and emergency vehicles. <br /> <br />Dr. Miller stated it is not irrational. <br /> <br />Dess stated to have those types of issues in a residential area is disruptive to the neighborhood and is not <br />irrational. <br /> <br />Dr. Croll stated Dr. Miller is attempting to put some perspective to the issues. In the past four years, there <br />have been 38 calls to their facilities. Some of them have been minor and some have been emergencies. That <br />amounts to less than once a month that an emergency vehicle will need to come to the building. <br /> <br />Dess stated to her that is a lot of activity in a quiet residential area and is an overwhelming concern for the <br />neighbors. <br /> <br />Shari Danielson, 1250 French Creek Drive, stated everything she has read about anorexia and bulimia is that it <br />is a mental issue and not a physical issue. <br /> <br />Dr. Croll indicated it is both. <br /> <br />Danielson stated she did call one of The Emily Program‟s clinics and asked what the screening process would <br />be for a patient. Danielson indicated she was told there would be a psychiatric evaluation and a drug and <br />alcohol evaluation in that first initial screening. She was told that is normal because a lot of these people have <br />drug and alcohol issues in addition to the mental health issue of the eating disorder. Danielson asked if that is <br />their standard protocol. <br /> <br />Dr. Miller indicated it is. <br /> <br />Dr. Croll stated the alcohol and drug screening is a three question questionnaire similar to a questionnaire that <br />you would fill out at the office of your family practitioner. <br /> <br />Danielson stated in e-mails she exchanged with Lindsay Brown she asked for basic financial information on <br />how viable the program is and was refused that information. Danielson indicated she also asked if they were <br />planning to develop any other clinics and was refused that information as well. In addition, Lindsay Brown <br />was asked if The Emily Program had ever been sued or whether The Emily Program has been forced to close a <br />clinic, and she refused to provide that information as well. <br /> <br />Item #02 - CC Agenda - 03/08/2010 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 02/22/2010 <br />[Page 13 of 19]