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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 14, 2013 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9 of 16 (12. NAVARRE AREA UPDATE & PROCESS, Continued) 3. Formal appointment of a council member as liaison to the Navarre Community Initiative and to the Navarre planning process. 4. Regular Navarre updates on the City website. 5. Creation of an e-mail list for the Navarre meeting information. 6. Issuance of a press release announcing the purpose of the meeting with upcoming meeting dates. McMillan stated she concurs with the recommendation of Staff to hold the meetings prior to the Council meetings but noted that March and May tend to be busy months for people with children in school. McMillan suggested those meetings be scheduled for February 11, April 8 and June 10 at 5:00 p.m. McMillan noted that new Council Member Kristi Anderson is interested in helping with the Navarre initiative. Anderson indicated she has attended three of the Navarre meetings in the last 15 years and that she would be interested in working with the Navarre Initiative Committee and the community in general. McMillan stated she would like the first three meeting dates to be finalized so that the Navarre residents have time to plan for the meeting. Ralph Kempf, 3675 Togo Road, stated the Navarre Community Initiative received Staff’s report on Friday and have not had very much time to discuss it. The committee did discuss it briefly via e-mail and the NCI’s initial thought was that they would like to share their e-mail list with the City. The committee currently has around a 65 member e-mail list, and if those residents gave their permission to the NCI to share their e-mail address with the City, the NCI would be happy to do that. Kempf noted last week a mailing was sent out to the Navarre business community outlining some of the things that are happening in the area and encouraging them to contact the NCI and have their name put on the e-mail list. McMillan stated on the City’s website there is an area where you can sign up to be on a certain e-mail list. McMillan suggested that the committee notify the residents on their e-mail list that they can go to the City’s website to sign up to be on that list as well. McMillan commented that detail can be worked out later but that she would like to create another box on the City’s website that people can check to get on the City’s e-mail list for Navarre. Kempf stated as he understands it, there would be a separate Navarre e-mail list that people can sign up for on the City’s website, and that his plan is to send out an e-mail to their members updating them on tonight’s discussion. As it relates to the City’s website, the NCI has discussed creating its own website or perhaps a separate page for Navarre could be created on the City’s website. Kempf indicated he concurs with the appointment of a council liaison to the NCI. As far as the bi-monthly meetings, NCI has found that when there is something happening or a process that is moving forward, people will participate. Kempf stated if meetings are formalized, in his view participation may Item #02 - CC Agenda - 01/28/2013 Approval of Council Minutes 01/14/2013 [Page 9 of 16]