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. MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday,June 10,2013 7:00 o'clock p.m. (9. #13-3606 LUKE KUJAWA OF YOUR BOAT CLUB, 1444 SHORELINE DRIVE, CUP AMENDMENT, Continued) Gaffron indicated he counted 26 this morning. Kujawa stated this area has always been used for parking. Kujawa stated if they can do something different with the houses,they can make a better,useful property,but that it will involve long-term discussions with the City to come up with a plan that everyone is happy with. McMillan asked if a fuel tank will be placed in the triangular gravel area. Kujawa stated that is one of the options that have been discussed. McMillan stated she does not see that as parking and that the 81 stalls should be permanent. Kujawa noted that has never been included in the number of parking stalls. Bremer stated as it relates to the parking on the west side of the lot,there does seem to be some confusion about where their parking ends. Bremer stated in her view it would be in everyone's best interests to control parking locations and have the stalls marked and signage installed. Bremer asked the applicant what his plans are for parking improvements. Kujawa stated the biggest step in addressing parking was to move to the other side of the marina. Kujawa indicated today they had 19 of their boats being used and there were 10 open parking spots on that side, with only a couple of cars parked in the wedge area. Kujawa indicated the move has already had a positive impact. Behind the retail operation there are 40 slips on the Tanager side and those people will still require some parking. Sectioning or partitioning off the lot is going to be challenging because people are coming and going during the day but at some point it will have to be reconfigured. Kujawa stated they are never going to be able to stop everyone from crossing the road but that they hope to minimize it. Bremer asked where the additional ten slips are located that they would like to take over. Kujawa stated there are actually 24 slips in the yellow highlighted area and that is the area that is under lease currently. Kujawa indicated they could add the first few slips on the south to get to 24 slips. Kujawa indicated he is not sure he wants to go up to 30 at this time, but that if he has to put in a spare boat or something, he does not want to be bumping up against the limit and have to go through another application. McMillan asked if he has any information regarding the use of the boats. Kujawa stated the boats are used on a half-day basis. The boats typically go out once in the morning and once in the afternoon. There is an hour and a half turnover time to allow for the boats to be cleaned up. All the boats have to be back by dusk, which changes throughout the year. Kujawa indicated doubling up on parking does not happen because there is an hour and a half between usage times. McMillan noted with 20 slips,you would be talking a minimum of 20 cars. McMillan stated in her view that would require 20 stalls for those time periods,and if it is increased to 30,he should plan on needing a minimum of 30 stalls. Page 23 of 32