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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 27, 2010 7:00 o'clock p.m. • (4. PLANNING DEPARTMENT — CONSULTANT PLANNER AGREEMENT, Continued) Lotus indicated she had a business relationship before with this firm and that this is a short-term agreement. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. *5. LIQUIDATION OF FORFEITED VEHICLES Bremer moved, Murphy seconded, to liquidate forfeited vehicle through public bid process and /or Minneapolis Auto Auction or similar business. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. *6. APPOINT ELECTION JUDGES — RESOLUTION NO. 5970 Bremer moved, Murphy seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5970, a Resolution Appointing Election Judges for the General Election to be held November 2, 2010. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. *7. APPOINT ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD — RESOLUTION NO. 5971 Bremer moved, Murphy seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5971, a Resolution Appointing the Absentee Ballot Board for the 2010 General Election to be held November 2, 2010. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. • *8. LURTON PARK IMPROVEMENTS Bremer moved, Murphy seconded, to approve the expenditure of $7,500.00 for improvements to Lurton Park and adjust the Lurton Park Fund to reflect the expenditure. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 9. METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM PARTICIPATION Murphy stated the very last paragraph on the first page caught his attention and that he wants to avoid the situation where the City gets involved in something with the Metropolitan Council that will require the City to comply with different requirements at some point in the future. Murphy noted "The housing plan chapter of the CN1P already contains most of the elements that Met Council would expect to see in the required `Housing Action Plan,' with the exception of specifying (1) how much we expect to spend on affordable housing; (2) when do we expect to spend it; and (3) who are the specific beneficiaries." Murphy asked if the Council really knows what they are signing up for since it is not clear that the Council and/or the general community knows exactly where it wants to be in terms of lifecycle housing and affordable housing. Murphy suggested the Council sit down at some point in the future and discuss this issue more in depth. Franchot asked how those questions would be answered. Murphy commented those are the unknowns and that the questions and answers are rather complex. McMillan stated it would take some work by the City Council and HRA to address those questions and asked if the City wants to strengthen the City's HRA. Page 6 of 9