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J • • MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, ]March 28, 2005 7:00 o,'clock p.m. (17. PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE BIG ISLAND VETERANS CAMP PROPERTY, Condnued)� Gehring objected, indicating that this is where the fundamental differences lie between him and the City. He believed the public should have input 1 7 -i07- to the purchase of the property; whereas, the City feels the public should not have any involvement until after its purchase. Murphy disagreed, stating that the City has been forced to act quickly since the market is moving faster than the bureaucracy can afford to delay. Mayor Peterson took offense to Gehring's posit she stated that Mayor Jabbour had been a valua pointed out that, while Gehring kept belaboring property, he missed the fact that the City views, the property for future generations. Having enc( City's position to the Council meeting this even was present, she concluded that few support his Gehring reiterated that he'd like to see the City Mayor Peterson questioned Gehring's ultima only if the City chooses to table the purchase once the agreement has been obtained, as his Murphy read into the record the headlines from which read `New parks may quench thirst for gi the article, Murphy pointed out that it would be coming and various communities have been.chE This, in his opinion, was exactly what the Oron !on that Jabbour posed a conflict of interest, in fact, )le resource to the City on many occasions. She his position that the City has no `plan' for the :his as a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase ,uraged Gehring to bring others who opposed the ing for. a discussion, to which none but Gehring position. more people in the broader process. presented earlier that he offer up his involvement ;ement. She invited him to be a part of the process vs may be valuable to the process. ie Metro State section of a recent newspaper en space' and urged others to peruse the article. In istructive to understand that the parks crunch is ;ed with preserving space for future generations. City Council was trying to do. McMillan concurred, pointing out that this is a community investment, involving a unique partnership between the City, State, and the veterans. The state recognizes'this effort to establish public land while providing a trust fund for the vets, whose funding has been severely cut over the years. Once this grant has been obtained at the State level, McMillan indicated that the City would have the opportunity to establish a committee to 'set up a management plan for the park. She was very optimistic,, from what she had been hearing; that this be kept in the public domain. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. Sansevere thanked Gehring for his input, comments. *18. AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC Murphy moved, Sansevere seconded, to appr the purchase of three AED's and to purchase of $2,495 per unit, less trade in value, if the C Ayes 4, Nays 0. him that the Council was listening to his TOR GRANT APPLICATION pursuing the Center Point Energy grant for ee Cardiac Science AED's at the retail cost -r Point Energy Grant is awarded. VOTE: PAGE 43 of 14