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r ORONO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD OCTOBER 8, 1990 ZONING FILE #1532 - FULLERTON PROPERTIES, INC. CONTINUED items in it. All of these items have been satisfied after much • work and additional money to the seller to wait until the issue of the bike path has been resolved. Fullerton Properties and Mr. Cox have gone ahead based on that resolution and relied on promises by the Planning Commission and Council. After the resolution was passed, Mr. Franks was contacted by the Park Commission and asked to attend a meeting of the Park Commission. The invitation was received the day of the meeting and Mr. Franks was unable to attend. At that meeting, the Park Commission discussed and acted upon a request that Fullerton Properties grant an easement for the bike path. To this date he has not received official notification or a copy of the minutes of that meeting. At first Mr. Franks was against the bike path feeling that residents who will be affected should have an opportunity to provide input. After meeting with Mr. Gerhardson and Mr. Flint, he saw of their concerns for the master bike path and then agreed to work with them to resolve the bike path issue. The developer has done everything asked except for the bike path. He feels that if there is to be a bike path, it is only fair that it should go somewhere. If it does not, then it will not be used and subject to deterioration and will be an eyesore instead of a contribution to the City. After a lengthy conference call last Tuesday between all • participants, Mr. Franks thought an agreement had been reached. They backed off on a 2 -year moratorium and Mr. Flint agreed that the path should go somewhere. That was also the meeting night of the Park Commission. Mr. Franks was told in that conversation that there would be no reason to attend the Park Commission meeting and he didn't. The bike path issue was discussed again and the Commission decided that it could not live with that one restriction. To sum up, Mr. Franks requested the Council to act on the plat as it has been delayed and they would still like to start this year. He will live with whatever decision is made but would like to see that one restriction of the bike path leading somewhere included in the decision. Harry Martin, Old Long Lake Road, stated as a member of the private sector that it seems Mr. Franks has expressed a plaintive appeal to be informed and allowed to be involved in the process of investing in the community. It seems the Council should consider his plea because of the complicated and difficult process of bureacracy which is almost impossible to understand. Acting Mayor Callahan replied that both the developer and Park Commission have had a great deal of communication. He asked Mr. Flint to explain the Park Commission's view. Dick Flint explained that the bike path was conceptually approved by the City Council 2 years ago. This developer is 40 doing a development in one of the key corners of this plan and the Park Commission had no notice until after the preliminary 7