ORDER
STANDISH TOWN COUNCIL
DATE: May 10, 2005
ORDER NUMBER: 63-05 SUBMITTED BY: Simpson
TITLE: MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING PINE COVE BEACH
WHEREAS the Standish Town Council and the Trustees of the Portland Water District (PWD) entered into negotiations commencing in the summer of 2003 to allow development of a public beach on District property, and
WHEREAS negotiations produced a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), developed by the Town of Standish at District request, that was approved by Council Order 46-04, April 13, 2004 and took into consideration issues identified under PWD letter dated Feb 27, 2004, and
WHEREAS PWD responded with a red-lined-version with additional changes, and
WHEREAS the Council approved a revised MOU by Council Order 120-04, August 10, 2004 to take into consideration the red-lined changes, and
WHEREAS the Board of Trustees voted on August 23, 2004 to accept three items of the August 10, 2004 document, to modify a fourth item, but to reject a fifth item, and
WHEREAS attempts by the Town Council to have a meeting to resolve a dispute with the Trustees over the fifth item which would allow PWD to terminate the lease without cause have been unsuccessful, and
WHEREAS the Council Members of the Portland Water District are in receipt of the attached letter from the PWD Chair of the Standish/PWD Steering Committee, dated April 25, 2005, in response to our request for a meeting, that states in part “…because we have explained our position on several previous occasions, it is the consensus of our trustees that doing so again is unnecessary…”, now therefore be it
ORDERED that the Town Council finds that negotiations for development of a public beach on Portland Water District property, the Pine Cove Beach so called, have failed and support for all proposed MOU’s regarding such Beach are hereby withdrawn.
APPROVED __________________ DISAPPROVED__________________
ROLL CALL YEA NAY ABSTAIN
CHRISTY _________________________________________________
HOPKINS _________________________________________________
LYMBURNER_______________________________________________
NESBITT _________________________________________________
POMERLEAU_______________________________________________
SIMPSON _________________________________________________
SPENCER _________________________________________________
CLERK/SECRETARY ____________________________
Attached: Letter from Chairman Lunt, Re: Meeting Request on Beach Issue
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