04-20-1974 Council Meeting Minutes Special Mtg

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� � � ' � � • � � CITY OF ORONO � MINUTES � Special :�teeting of the Council, April 20, 1974, � • P�layor Searles cal led the meeting to order at 9:05 A.i•�l. Al � mernbers were present w i th the except i on of Cou nc i I rnan UJe i sh. � After the meeting was called to order, the first item of bus- � iness handed to Terry Schneider of I .D.S. ,was a copy of a typeHrritten statement� �vhich clarif�ed the agreement that IDS � would move ahead and investigate the storm water problem and • work with the City Engineer of Orono to reach the rnost feas- ible plan. The solution to the storm �vater problem that may � be created by IDS now clearly rests in the hands ot IDS. � �t th i s t i�ne, ��M1rs. t�!e I sh presented a I etter from Gary t�Je I sh to the Council and was read into the record and it concerned � the City Code of Chapter 35, Section 35.268. � The Council wenfi further and discussed the IDS proposal by . the use of Draft #4 and taking each iteri in sequence. It wa s decided that: � I . This item was discussed last week, and IDS � agreed to the conditions stated therein, 2, /lgain, this item was discussed la st week, � and IDS agrees with conditions,though some discussion came about as regard fio whether � 28w or 29� was the figure fio be used in . the parking deterrnination. The City Courcil reviewed the City code as well as other al- � ternatives fio determine parking area. Sane of the alternatives that were discussed as � to ��rhether or not we c�ou 1 d take 150 and d iv- ide it incto the total gross feasable or wheth- � er or not we should take 80' of the gross leas- able and divide that figure by 150. It was � determined at that time that the term net floor � area and c�ross leasable area rnean the san�e thing. � Paurus r��oved, ��lassenga I e seconded, and the vote was Ayes (3), (�lays ( t ). 'i�lary Butler opposed, moved to accept the Orono code � ;vhich rec�uires 300 sq, ft. of pa�-king per every 150 gross leas- able feet. This �vould constitute approximately 553 cars. � • To further clarify the above concept, the Council made the fol- I ot•�i ng rnot i on: E3ut 1 er moved, Sea r I es seconded, a nd the vote • was flyes (4), Nays (0), moved to include in the flexibility of parking facilities and its defiermination that an area for 553 � �arking spaces be cd�.culated but the actual blac ktop area shall �