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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,April 23,2018 7:00 o'clock p.m. PUBLIC WO' S/CITY ENGINEER REPORT 4. ACCE'T RESIGNATION OF MONICA FADNESS City Administra or Rief stated earlier this month he received the resignation of Monica Fadness,who has worked for the 1 ity for a number of years. Monica's last working day is officially May 4 but her last physical day at Work will be April 25. Walsh stated the City Council has been talking about possibly restructuring the staff at City Hall. Seals stated the ity should amend the motion to just accept her resignation and then have the work committee look :t what is needed in City Hall. Seals moved,C osby seconded,to accept the resignation of Monica Fadness,effective immediately; with the work i rganizational committee reviewing that position. VOTE: Ayes 3,Nays 0. 5. APPR I VAL OF RENTAL LICENSES Rief noted this i• a continuation of the rental ordinance that was adopted by the City a couple of months ago and that the ity has received a number of applications. The ones before the City Council tonight have met all the equirements and are ready to be approved. Matt Johnson, 1^32 Shoreline Drive,noted he also owns a rental property at 3393 Crystal Bay Road and that he will hav=a renter in there until the end of May. Johnson stated he has accepted a purchase agreement on th property and that he is not sure whether it was necessary for him to complete a rental license application. Rief stated for one month it will not be necessary. Johnson stated if that changes,he will notify the City and apply for a license. Rief requested Mr.Johnson send him the information on the property so the City can follow up. Johnson stated h- is also here to discuss the properties located at1440 and 1442 Shoreline Drive. Currently and in the past the property at 1440 has been a rental property and the property at 1442 has been a vacant propert that was recently renovated. Johnson stated he sees that it is on the list to be a potential rental property. ohnson noted one of the conditions that is attached to this particular property is a parking policy t at allows for overflow parking for the marina. Johnson noted he has brought this subject up before and the t the parking plan has never allocated parking space for the rental property. Johnson stated they now ave a second rental property. Johnson stated i his view the City should not engage in a rental opportunity with these structures until the City is satis ed that there is a viable,scaled parking plan for the whole facility. Johnson commented there is a consta t activity occurring on the site and that there was another accident this weekend when a crane was liftin u boats over the highway while cars were driving under it. Page 5 of 15