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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, June 10, 2013 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 18 of 32 (9. #13-3606 LUKE KUJAWA OF YOUR BOAT CLUB, 1444 SHORELINE DRIVE, CUP AMENDMENT, Continued) Kujawa stated they are now looking to expand the number of boat club slips and that they are requesting the City expand their conditional use permit. When the boat club first leased the slips, we were initially told that the boat club could operate out of the north house but then were quickly told that we could not do that. When the boat club was a smaller operation, they did not need a place to operate out of. Over the last couple of years as the business grew, the boat club switched over to the Tanager Lake side. Throughout the course of three years, Kujawa indicated he has had many meetings with the City and made them aware that inner tubes were being stored in the house. Kujawa stated the house is not a place he is going to operate a business out of and that it is necessary to leave the windows open due to the mouse smell. Kujawa stated part off their plan to move over to Browns Bay side is that they had to get to a certain number of slips to operate out of the gazebo, which has been underutilized since it has been built. The gazebo is a great facility and is something that works well for the boat club now that it has grown. Kujawa indicated he did talk to City Staff, the police chief, and the fire chief and they went through every one of the conditions. At the conclusion of the meeting, it was found that there were no conditions that were not in compliance or not being addressed. Kujawa indicated it was very clear in his mind at the conclusion of the meeting that City Staff, who has been intimately involved in this property over the last three years, that Staff would be recommending the request to expand be approved. Kujawa noted the boat club has demonstrated a good track record over the years. At the Planning Commission meeting, Kujawa indicated they were blindsided by the neighbor’s complaints and that those need to be separated out from this request. Kujawa indicated he does not want anything to do with the house and that they have no intentions of going back into the house. The intent of the new application is to move over to the other side of the property, which will help eliminate a lot of the pedestrian traffic. Kujawa stated there appears to be four issues the Planning Commission based their denial on. As it relates to the ownership of the property, Kujawa indicated he does have a purchase agreement on all five parcels and that cleaning up the ownership has been an issue, which is being worked on right now. As it relates to the liability of the house in question, the boat club carries a three million dollar umbrella policy over all operations. Kujawa noted he does have an insurance binder on the residential property to eliminate that issue that was raised even though they have no intention of using that residential property. The next item that was mentioned was improperly using the residential property. Kujawa stated he is not sure what that means exactly since the house is uninhabitable and is not being used. The land use issue goes back to the conditional use permit, which Staff has found the boat club in compliance with. Kujawa stated he would also like to address the confusion regarding the expansion. The boat club is requesting the use of 10 additional slips but the marina will not be adding ten more slips. The application is only asking to convert ten slips for boat club use. Item #02 - CC Agenda 06/24/2013 Approval of Council Minutes 06/10/2013 [Page 18 of 32]