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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,December 9,2019 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Mr. Mcmillan said he would like to keep it simple and see the public access on City land go straight off of <br /> Smith and not into the Luce Line. Speaking for himself and maybe a few neighbors,they would be happy <br /> to show up on a Saturday with some chain saws and shovels. <br /> Printup noted the application is about a vacation, it's not about trails or cul-de-sacs. He wondered if the <br /> City would be okay with vacating the finger on the left of the map and moving the cul-de-sac to the end <br /> but leaving the finger on the right which then becomes the trail. <br /> Walsh asked Printup to repeat his suggestion. <br /> Printup stated the cul-de-sac would move to the end, a vacation of Almo but keeping the City land to the <br /> right because that becomes the trail access. Whether it becomes a 20-foot thing or whatever the standard <br /> is, it doesn't matter,because it's the City's land. He said when the City is invited in areas,the government <br /> is probably going to screw it up and it's going to become really big and it could be paved and there's all <br /> kinds of lights and sirens on it saying, "Hey, everybody, come to this City land"because it's public <br /> property. But when it's a neighborhood thing, it's kind of a neighborhood jewel. <br /> Crosby asked if Printup was saying there would still be a cul-de-sac at the end. <br /> Printup said he could go either way on the cul-de-sac. The application is about vacation. The cul-de-sac is <br /> a secondary issue. When the opportunity is provided,the City will be doing the road there anyway. There <br /> are a lot of tiny streets in Orono, a hammerhead is fine or not, and he is okay with paving it and leaving it <br /> as-is. He gets the idea of cleaning it up,but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. <br /> Crosby asked if there is a hammerhead in it or a cul-de-sac. <br /> Printup said right now the City should say no because it is not solving a problem. It's saying, "Let's bring <br /> it up to standard,"which would be nice. <br /> Crosby indicated Printup's vacation perspective made sense to him. <br /> Seals stated she wrote down, "What problem are we solving?Is it something we're creating right now as <br /> we're talking?" She is not hearing from the neighborhood,which is the majority,that it is a true problem. <br /> The true problem is the City has not maintained the true location of a trail. Whether it's complicated or <br /> not,the City is going to have to spend money. <br /> Johnson and Walsh noted that it is not a City-designated trail. <br /> Seals clarified that she meant the other spot, where it should be. <br /> Walsh stated the City does not have a trail. A neighbor just happened to make a trail. <br /> Seals said that's where the City should put one. <br /> Walsh added if the possibility was to be able to put a trail there. <br /> Seals agreed with his statement. <br /> Page 17 of 34 <br />