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MINUTES OF THE <br /> � ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> • Monday,January 14,2013 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (12. NAVARRE AREA UPDATE&PROCESS, Continued) <br /> 3. Formal appointment of a council member as liaison to the Navarre Community Initiative and <br /> to the Navarre planning process. <br /> 4. Regular Navarre updates on the City website. <br /> 5. Creation of an e-mail list for the Navarre meeting information. <br /> 6. Issuance of a press release announcing the purpose of the meeting with upcoming meeting dates. <br /> McMillan stated she concurs with the recommendation of Staff to hold the meetings prior to the Council <br /> meetings but noted that March and May tend to be busy months for people with children in school. <br /> McMillan suggested those meetings be scheduled for February 11, April 8 and June 10 at 5:00 p.m. <br /> McMillan noted that new Council Member Kristi Anderson is interested in helping with the Navarre <br /> initiative. <br /> Anderson indicated she has attended three of the Navarre meetings in the last 15 years and that she would <br /> be interested in working with the Navarre Initiative Committee and the community in general. <br /> McMillan stated she would like the first three meeting dates to be finalized so that the Navarre residents <br /> have time to plan for the meeting. <br /> Ralph Kempf, 3675 Togo Road, stated the Navarre Community Initiative received Staff's report on <br /> Friday and have not had very much time to discuss it. The committee did discuss it briefly via e-mail and <br /> the NCI's initial thought was that they would like to share their e-mail list with the City. The committee <br /> currently has around a 65 member e-mail list, and if those residents gave their permission to the NCI to <br /> share their e-mail address with the City,the NCI would be happy to do that. <br /> Kempf noted last week a mailing was sent out to the Navarre business community outlining some of the <br /> things that are happening in the area and encouraging them to contact the NCI and have their name put on <br /> the e-mail list. <br /> McMillan stated on the City's website there is an area where you can sign up to be on a certain e-mail list. <br /> McMillan suggested that the committee notify the residents on their e-mail list that they can go to the <br /> City's website to sign up to be on that list as well. McMillan commented that detail can be worked out <br /> later but that she would like to create another box on the City's website that people can check to get on <br /> the City's e-mail list far Navarre. <br /> Kempf stated as he understands it,there would be a separate Navarre e-mail list that people can sign up <br /> for on the City's website, and that his plan is to send out an e-mail to their members updating them on <br /> tonighYs discussion. As it relates to the City's website,the NCI has discussed creating its own website or <br /> perhaps a separate page for Navarre could be created on the City's website. <br /> Kempf indicated he concurs with the appointment of a council liaison to the NCI. As far as the <br /> bi-monthly meetings,NCI has found that when there is something happening or a process that is moving <br /> forward, people will participate. Kempf stated if ineetings are formalized, in his view participation may <br /> Page 9 of 16 <br />