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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, December 8, 2014 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 14 of 26  <br />  <br />PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER’S REPORT <br /> <br />*16. GREEN TREES ROAD SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION – PAY REQUEST NO. 2 – <br />FINAL <br /> <br />Bremer moved, Levang seconded, to approve Pay Request No. 2 – Final for the Contractor Ground <br />Effects, in the amount of $3,139.37 for the Green Trees Sanitary Sewer Extension Project. VOTE: <br />Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br />*17. NAVARRE STREET LIGHT AND SIDEWALK PROJECT – PAY REQUEST NO. 4 <br /> <br />Bremer moved, Levang seconded, to approve Pay Request No. 2 for the Contractor MP <br />Technologies in the amount of $163,396.75 for the Navarre Street Light and Sidewalk Project. <br />VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br /> <br />18. PARK AND BEACH MAINTENANCE STANDARDS <br /> <br />Public Works Director and City Engineer Adam Edwards reported the Park Commission voted 6 to 0 to <br />recommend approval of the park and beach maintenance standards. <br /> <br />McMillan stated that until the City knows the cost of the buoys and the issues associated with the <br />maintenance, she has a concern with including that in the standards. <br /> <br />Edwards stated in the past the City had swim buoys at the swim beaches and that they were very difficult <br />to maintain and keep in place. Edwards stated a definite concern of the Parks Commission was with the <br />safety of swimmers and keeping motor craft out of that area. The Parks Commission’s course of action <br />was to recommend placement of a marker or a buoy. <br /> <br />McMillan stated the City has discussed placing buoys in the past near Big Island but that they had a <br />concern about maintaining them and subsequently elected not to install them. <br /> <br />Printup stated he did receive a request from a resident asking that the buoys be put back in again and that <br />he was happy to see that included in the standards. Printup stated the reason that stuck with him was the <br />fact that it was totally unsolicited. <br /> <br />McMillan stated she would like to see some further research on the buoys before including it. <br />Levang stated she would like to know if there is some other way to mark or designate the area as a <br />swimming beach, with no motorized craft being allowed. <br /> <br />City Administrator Loftus stated the Council should also consider what the benefits of the buoys are and <br />whether the City has lost anything by not having the buoys. Loftus stated she is not sure if that resident <br />shared some lack of safety they experienced a number of years ago, but that the City has not had any <br />buoys for quite some time and there have not been any incidents. <br /> <br />Printup stated it brings up the issue of how well used the beaches are and that it is his impression the <br />beaches are not as well used as in the past.