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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,February 27,2017 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> ROLL CALL <br /> The Orono City Council met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Mayor <br /> Dennis Walsh,Council Members Richard Crosby,II,Wendy Dankey,Aaron Printup,and Victoria Seals. <br /> Representing Staff were City Administrator poug Reeder,Community Development Director Jeremy <br /> Barnhart,Public Works Director/City Engineer Adam Edwards, Senior Planner Michael Gaffron,City <br /> Planner Melanie Curtis,City Attorney Soren Mattick,and Recorder Jackie Young. <br /> Mayor Walsh called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.,followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> Item Nos. 3,4,5,6,9, 12,and 14 were added to the Consent Agenda. Item No. 2 was removed from the <br /> Consent Agenda. <br /> Printup moved,Seals seconded,to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br /> Nays 0. <br /> APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> 2. CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 13,2017 <br /> Walsh requested the minutes on Page 17 be corrected under Item No. 18 to read that one of the bonds was <br /> closed out in 2013. <br /> Walsh moved,Cosby seconded,to approve the minutes of the Orono City Council meeting of <br /> February 13,2017,as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> Jay Nygard, 1386 Rest Point Road,stated he read on the Internet that there would be no comments or <br /> discussion at the time Item No. 17 is discussed. Nygard noted most of the people in the audience are here <br /> to talk about the docks on Big Island. <br /> Walsh indicated that item will be open for public discussion. <br /> Nygard asked if he changed what it said on the Internet. <br /> Walsh stated he is not aware of what Mr.Nygard is talking about but that they will open it for public <br /> discussion. <br /> Gabriel Jabbour,985 Tonkawa Road,questioned whether the Mayor is really going to wait until Item No. <br /> 17 comes up for discussion to allow all these people to speak. Jabbour noted he has provided <br /> correspondence to the City Council regarding this item and the history of Big Island. <br /> Jabbour commented most people will do things for the betterment of the community unless they are <br /> proven otherwise and that he believes the Council is trying to better the community. Jabbour stated from <br /> the early 1970s,it was the goal of the City to acquire the island. When it came up for sale in the 1980s, <br /> Page 1 of 23 <br />