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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 11, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. 9 (PUBLIC COMMENTS, Continued) should be properly vetted. Walsh commented that there is no such thing as free money and that the City has to make interest payments on this money, which will impact future road projects. Walsh stated as it relates to the school, they experience traffic issues for approximately 40 minutes twice a day, eight months a year, which is about 3 percent of the year overall. The roundabouts will slow traffic down and will cause problems for bigger trucks. The other 97 percent of the time the rest of the public is being inconvenienced by the roundabouts. Walsh stated in his view blinking yellow lights during the other times would be fine. The City Council should look at the inconvenience of the roundabouts, the upkeep cost of the road and the median, and snow issues. Walsh stated the City is also spending a lot of money on a beautification project as part of this road upgrade and that he would like to see these types of projects be discussed in a more comprehensive manner with public input. Walsh reiterated he would like the council/mayor report to include an update on what the Council is doing to help residents. Walsh encouraged the Council to remember that the city is called Orono, there is "no" in that word, and if they do nothing to the road this year, the world will not collapse. Elizabeth Lavang noted she was unable to download some items on the website because they are no longer available, such as the capital improvement plan, the feasibility study for the Old Crystal Bay Road project, and the traffic and safety study. Those documents have been removed from the City's website and she is wondering what has happened to them. McMillan requested Staff look into that issue. PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT 6. #11 -3501 YOUR BOAT CLUB, LLC, 1444 SHORELINE DRIVE - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - RESOLUTION NO. 6037 Luke Kujawa, Applicant, was present. Gaffron stated boat clubs are a conditional use in the B -2 District. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to allow the operation of a boat club from the marina property located at 1444 Shoreline Drive. This request for a boat club CUP rests on the single code requirement established for that conditional use in Section 78 -666. However, there is no established incremental numerical parking requirement for the boat club use. This provides the City with fairly wide latitude in determining whether adequate parking is available for the use, while providing little direction as to how that is determined. The property at 1444 Shoreline Drive has been operated as a commercial marina for many decades. The property has undergone a number of significant changes over time, the most significant being a complete redevelopment of the site approved in 1989. In that approval the City acknowledged a parking plan that made use of 26 parking stalls located on the two residentially -zoned properties at 1440 -1442 Shoreline Drive that were owned by the then marina owner. These 26 stalls contributed to the 47 stalls available Page 3 of 30