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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday March 13,2017 7:00 o'clock p.m. 15. #17-3897 CITY OF ORONO TEXT AMENDMENT: SPECIAL EVENTS—Ordinance— Tabled—Continued- VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. Reeder asked what the City Council would like to see happen with the ordinance. Walsh suggested the City Council discuss it at a future work session. Seals stated the City Council should perhaps look at the current ordinance and ask whether it is worth further debate. Seals stated this issue is causing disturbance to a neighborhood so the City Council does not want to ignore it. 16. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMUNITY COMMITTEES Barnhart stated approximately one month ago Staff was authorized to advertise for volunteers to serve on the Comprehensive Plan Community Committee. An advertisement was placed on the City's website and Staff has collected a number of names. At this point there are 13 people that have indicated some interest in being on the committee and Staff is concerned with the committee being much bigger than that. Barnhart stated one possible option, if there are additional volunteers,would be to have a committee comprised of residents and a committee comprised of board and commission volunteers. Barnhart stated he is looking for authorization to appoint those people to the Comprehensive Plan Action Committee. Staff would then work with them on the agendas for the public meetings and in their review of individual chapters. Seals asked what requirements the residents had to meet and whether there is a spread across the community. Barnhart indicated the residents submitted their name and interest. Barnhart stated the City will likely have a separate Navarre group look at the Comprehensive Plan for that area. Barnhart commented the committee helps build future Planning Commissioners,Park Commissioners, and City Council Members. Walsh stated the names he put forward had some Comprehensive Plan experience and have lived in the community for a while. Walsh noted there should be two council members appointed to the committee and that he would be interested in being on it. Crosby indicated he would be willing to serve on the committee. Seals moved,Printup seconded,to appoint the members listed on Staff's memorandum dated March 13,2017,to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Project Advisory Committee,and to appoint Mayor Walsh and Council Member Crosby to the Committee. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. Page 28 of 32