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ORONO PARK COMMISSION MEETING <br /> MINUTES FOR APRIL 3, �995 <br /> (Discussion of Proposed Development near French Creek Preserve - <br /> Continued) <br /> Wilson stated that she agreed with Isle . <br /> White asked for a motion. <br /> Motion 1 . To recommend to the City that if it is at all possible <br /> not to have a house built on Lot 4, and that this lot be acquired <br /> and added to the French Creek Preserve . Isle moved, Wilson <br /> seconded. <br /> Melamed asked for a clarification on the first motion, in the event <br /> the City or the park would acquire the property on the east side of <br /> the wetland which is what most of Lot 4 consist of, am I assuming <br /> that the question of park land dedication on the other three lots <br /> would not come up . If I were to cooperate with the City to try to <br /> f igure out a way not to put a house on Lot 4 , and let the City <br /> acquire that as park land, would I still be looking at a park land <br /> dedication fee for the first three lots, or will that have been met <br /> by donating Lot 4 . <br /> Flint reply that he is assuming that we are going to take the <br /> maximum land that we are entitled to take, under that first motion, <br /> so there is no authority that we can take additional park land. <br /> So you take what you can take, and then buy what you can' t take <br /> asked Melamed. <br /> Flint agreed. The vote on the motion was, Ayes 5, Nays 0 . <br /> Motion 2 , do we want to take land or money? <br /> White moved to take land, McMillan seconded. Ayes 5, Nays 0 . <br /> Flint indicated that the remaining question was where to take the <br /> land: on the east side, which would be adjacent to our existing <br /> park; or part on the east side and part on the west . <br /> McMillan, stated that the buffer zone is a benefit of the neighbors <br /> and the people living in the development as well as the people <br /> driving up and down Old Crystal Bay Road. It screens everybody <br /> from the various groups . She felt that from an environmental point <br /> of view it doesn° t do a whole lot to take a portion of land on each <br /> side, because it ends up fragmenting the corridor. Taking a <br /> heavily wooded parcel putting in 4 homes plus 4 mound systems and <br /> roads would take out many trees, plus the fact that people like to <br /> have lawns and back yards for the kids to play. So actually the <br /> buffer system doesn' t work well from an environmental point view <br /> and that' s why a lot of people are saying its better to take a <br /> chunk of forest adjacent to another wildlife area and combine it <br /> 9 <br />