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There was Council discussion on Item 8. It was suggested that the town's legal counselreview the agreement and that Councillor Foley-Ferguson could be the contact person with legalcounsel on this. Mr. Daley responded to questions from the Council.Item 9. Standing Committee Reports. Councillor Foley-Ferguson gave an update on the OrdinanceCommittee. She noted that there would be a few items that would be on the next Town Councilagenda for Council action. She also stated that the Ordinance Committee would be looking at whenthe next meeting would be held.Chair Pro Tem Messer stated that the next Appointments Committee meeting is scheduled forWednesday, February 16, 2000 at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Manager's conference room.Item 10. Special Committee Reports. Councillor Borduas gave a brief overview on the Growthand Services Committee. She noted that there would be a Public Forum at the Middle SchoolCafeteria on Thursday, February 17, 2000 beginning 7:00 p.m.Item 11. Liaison Reports. No liaison reports at this time.Item 12. Public Comments. No public comments at this time.Item 13. Council Member Comments.1. Carl L. Betterley, Town Manager, stated that the Council received the following memos intheir packet: to Chairman Kennedy from the Town Manager regarding Councillor Down's questionsconcerning the 295 Ramps; to Councillor Downs from the Town Manager also regarding the 295Ramps; information on the Eagles Nest drainage project; to Councillor Messer from the TownManager in response to questions regarding the agreement concerning property taxes regarding PiperShores and the timeliness on the beginning of construction.There was one other memo regarding stormwater and watershed management drainage aswell as attached information. He would like to have the Council at some point workshop on just thissubject and perhaps provide some direction to the Ordinance Committee and staff as to how theCouncil would like to proceed.He went on to reference a memo from him to the Town Council regarding requests for budgetinformation, as well as a memo from the Public Works Director regarding the requests for a writtenexplanation of the snow removal back on the Martin Luther King weekend.2. Councillor Downs stated that he appreciated all the telephone calls that he has received athome and emphasized to everyone that he has caller ID.3. Councillor Borduas stated that she appreciated the memo on the snow plowing; however, shefelt that the Public Works Department does a fine job. She mentioned a letter that ChairmanKennedy received from the City of South Portland's Police Department referring to the incident thathad taken place on Running Hill Road and Route 114. The letter commends the Scarboroughdepartment leaders and the Town Manager for having the vision to install the reverse emergency 911system Council. The letter concludes by stating they applaud the Town Council for having the visionto support their Town Manager and municipal departments to ready Scarborough to meet any numberof potential and inevitable emergencies.Councillor Borduas stated that in looking at the memos on the budget received in the packetshe has a number of questions and concerns, but would reserve her comments for the meeting onFebruary 16, 2000 when the Chairman of the Finance Committee would be present. In reading theminutes of the last meeting she noted that all Saturdays in April had been set aside for possibleFinance Committee meetings and did not see anything scheduled between now and April 1 and wouldlike to hear what other meetings would be scheduled with the Departments. She also had otherquestions for Councillor Crispin regarding his questions on the audit.She stated that she received a piece of communications in her packet that had no signature andfelt that when individuals submit communications to the Council they should be signed, if she was6
mistaken about this she apologized. The information received had to do with the chronology of thePiper Shores Project.4. Councillor Temm stated that she is a member of the Small Cities Council Steering Committeeof the National League of Cities and one of her co-members emailed her about the Reverse 911 thatPolice Department has and that the article has been in his the local newspaper in Kansas.She thanked the Library for submitting their Financial Report. She went on to thank thePublic Works Department for a great job on plowing the roads during the last storm.Councillor Temm stated that as a member of the RWS Recycling Committee she would liketo mention that there would be an open house, scheduled for a weekend in March, for the newrecycling facility at RWS.Last week she had spent a full day at MMA for an Executive Committee meeting. She thengave a brief overview on what the Committee had discussed. The Committee had the opportunity tomeet with the Governor and there was discussion on local issues. She also noted that the Governorhad asked about Piper Shores, wanting to know if construction had started and asked if they were taxexempt. To which Councillor Temm responded that technically a good portion of the property couldbe tax exempt, but due to the foresight of the Town staff and the Manager, Scarborough was able tonegotiate a contract whereby they would make a payment in lieu of taxes. Governor King felt thatthis was an innovative way to deal with a project of this type.Councillor Temm stated that at the National League of Cities Conference CouncillorsBorduas and Messer as well as herself would represent the Town.She then referenced an editorial that had been in the Sunday Telegraph of January 30 th .Councillor Borduas and Charlie Andreson wrote this in response to an editorial by John Porter thathad been the newspaper on January 9, 2000. Councillor Temm then read the article.5. Councillor Foley-Ferguson stated that there would be a meeting here at Town Hall onThursday, March 30, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. regarding the Eastern Trail Feasibility Study. She encourageeveryone to attend.She stated that the open house for Camp Fire would be on Saturday, March 25, 2000 from1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and encouraged the public to attend.Councillor Foley-Ferguson stated that the article on the reverse 911 had been in the localnewspaper in Columbus, Ohio.6. Chair Pro Tem Messer stated that he looked forward to the workshop on the Haigis Parkwayand hear the answers to the questions that have risen concerning the feasibility of the project and lookforward to hearing comments regarding the Bio-Med Technology Park.He noted that the Gym Dandies had almost reached their goal of $36,000 which wouldfinance their trip to Washington, D.C. for the July 4 th Parade.He sent his condolences to the family of Rick Shinay on the loss of his father.Chair Pro Tem Messer thanked the Public Works Department for the work on the past stormand appreciated the memo from the Public Works Director.Chair Pro Tem Messer reminded everyone that the Winter Carnival held this Saturday,February 5, 2000 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Ice Rink, which is located behind the IntermediateSchool.Order No. 00-29. Act on the request for an executive session to discuss a real estate matter.Motion by Councillor Temm, seconded by Councillor Downs, to recess to executive session todiscuss a real estate matter to return to public session.Vote: 5 yeasThe Town Council recessed to executive session at 10:07 p.m. Chair Pro Tem Messerreconvened the meeting at 10:56 p.m.7
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Page 5: Motion by Councillor Temm, seconded

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