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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL <br />MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 8, 1997 <br />( #6 - #2279 Whitehead - Continued) • <br />Gaffron said the Council voted to reconsider the preliminary plat at their November 24 <br />meeting and direct Staff to draft language showing the nexus and proportionality of the <br />park fee in its relationship to this subdivision. Gaffron said he had been unaware until <br />this evening that a park fee agreement had been reached. <br />Jabbour asked that the record reflect that the Council and Staff have been developing <br />information to show the nexus so that the park fee could be determined by the City <br />Attorney and Staff. <br />Moorse reported that he contacted Council members regarding whether they would <br />support approving a park fee of $7,000. He received majority support for this fee and <br />authorized Barrett to resolve the issue at that amount. <br />Tracy Whitehead indicated her acceptance of the fee amount. <br />Barrett asked that the preliminary plat resolution be amended with respect to the park fee <br />by adding three additional sentences as follows: "After the approval of the preliminary <br />plat by the City Council, applicants, by their attorney, sent a letter objecting to the <br />requirement that the applicants pay the park dedication fee as required by ordinance. <br />Upon receiving the applicant's objection, the Council moved to reopen the preliminary <br />plat, and to instruct the staff to provide more detailed findings for the Council's 40 <br />consideration with respect to the park deication fee. After consultation with their <br />attorney, and negotiations with the City Staff and City Attorney, applicants determined <br />that they would agree to settle this matter in the amount of $3,500 per lot." Whitehead <br />voiced her approval of that addition. <br />Goetten asked if the subdivision and park fee remained the same. Jabbour said it did. <br />Jabbour noted that Goetten was in favor of the application itself but not in how the park <br />fee issue was handled and would stand on that opinion as she does not want to see case <br />by case review. <br />Kelley moved, Peterson seconded, to approve the preliminary plat Resolution No. 3966 <br />with the addition of the three sentences by City Attorney Barrett. <br />Jabbour asked that the record reflect that Barrett read the sentences into the record and <br />were approved by both the applicant and attorney. <br />Vote: Ayes 4, Nays 1, Goetten. <br />P <br />