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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 27, 2003 • 7:00 o'clock p.m. ( #02- 2789/02 -2840 DAHLSTROM DEVELOPMENT LLC, Continued) Sansevere indicated that he would hesitate to assign precise numbers and felt the City should maintain a way to back out should the work session indicate a different direction. Dahlstrom stated that, while he could build units, the City would need a program for affordability to go along with them. Murphy questioned what additional units would do to the other issues, wetlands, parking, etc. Mayor Peterson questioned whether this would, in essence, be forcing the developer to start over. Dahlstrom indicated that would not be the case. Once again, Murphy repeated his motion, pointing out that capital (could mean units) and encouraged the Council to trust the developer to be true to his word to work with the City on the issue. is Sansevere asked if capital could truly mean units. Nygard indicated he preferred to state a number of units. Dahlstrom asked where space for 5+ units would work best. Johnston indicated that two more units could be added to both levels of the loft building, gaining four more units. Sansevere asked Attorney Barrett which motion gave the City the most flexibility. Barrett pointed out that the motion made by Murphy gives the most amount of flexibility. Nygard stated that White's mandate would provide long term results. Sansevere stated that if the original motion made by Murphy could take the form of what White's mandate proposed, if the Council so chose, he would support that. Barrett agreed the motion contained enough flexibility to do so. Johnston stated that he believed they could add units to make affordable housing work, however, he felt the problem with the motion was that it left the contribution totally • undefined. He maintained that the developer would need to have an idea of a cap, as the motion was too ambiguous. PAGE 17 of 28