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NUNUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 12,1995 ( #10 - #2022 Robert Melamed - Continued) Mabusth said the APP licant followed the Park and Council recommendations for a 15' • outlot for a future bike trail. Applicant has also dedicated remainder of required park land area as an outlot at the east side of property. Land taken will be dry buildable area at 62' width, for a total of .84 acres. Council must decide whether the .84 acres of land or cash payment will be accepted by the City for Park Dedication. The Applicant would prefer the option of dedicating park land with the 3.2 acres as a road outlot. The Engineer has requested the bike path be graded to a 10' width for mitigation. Cook said it was difficult to make this request after the development is completed. Mabusth said both the County and City Engineer have approved the access, but asked that the large, old, oak tree be removed for safety reasons. The Planning Commission recommended the use of the City driveway for access to lots 3 and 4 but did not discuss the issue of required upgrades of the drive. Mabusth said the City Attorney submitted a memo, Exhibit R, stating that the City does have the right to grant itself a variance. Four alternatives have been given from a range of a 24' wide road with a cul -de -sac to no major changes. If no additional curb cut is allowed from the City driveway, then the lot lines would have to be redrawn. Mabusth said the County is encouraging the City to allow the access from the City driveway as a safer option. • Applicant Melamed reported on his concerns. Melamed prefers an access off of the City driveway instead of CoRd 84. A CoRd 84 access would cause the removal of more trees with a cut made through the trees. It was also considered less safe with the need for 2 cuts on County road. Melamed asked the City to grant itself a variance in keeping with the Park and Planning Commission recommendation not to upgrade the drive to maintain the nature of the present use to the park and the residences served. Melamed also did not understand the need to grade the bike trail at this time. He did not feel the neighbors would want this done and questioned whether acquisition of property would ever occur to complete the trail. Melamed also voiced his concern with the land dedication versus a buffer zone for outlot B, noting comments from the Park Commission on the difficulty in enforcing buffer zones on lot owners, when the City is able to enforce such zones as the owner. • 18