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MINUTES OF '1'HL REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON J1JNE 23, 1997 (#7 - #2240 Jim Waters Sketch Plan-Continued) Flint said he does not understand how the plan would solve the problem Staff expressed regarding a connection to West Branch Road. Flint said there would still be no access. Gaffron said a future potential expansion would be present. As proposed, there would now be a 7/8th mile long roadway from Wildhurst requiring a secondary outlet. Flint said the road would be near CoRd 19 and West Branch Road. He could not approve a plan increasing the amount of additional traffic to Wildhurst and the cul-de-sac that would be caused by the development and changing the overall look of the area. Flint questioned how a PRD could be approved without this problem of access solved. Gaffron indicated that a possible consideration could be access to Highview. The applicant is providing for future potential access expansion. Gaffron said he previously posed many of these same questions to the applicant. Flint noting the configuration of the properties questioned the division of the Van Sloun property with access through existing West Branch Road. Gaffron said that access was intended to serve only one house on that property due to the number of other homes located off of this potential private road. Flint also noted the DNR grant application made on the Sollner property. Jabbour indicated that this was a moot point. Flint indicated the Morgart property could be accessed from Wildhurst Trail. These examples according to Flint show that there are other options for development. Gaf-on said many discussions regarding access to these properties have been held over the past year. He noted the high cost of providing access to the Sollner property from the north. Flint said this option would provide access without overriding the City ordinance and eliminate impacts on the neighborhood. Waters noted that another alternative would be to develop Garden Lane. Jabbour informed Waters that it would be the responsibility of the developer to make the improvements to the roadway and maintain the road as a private road. Gaffron noted that the Sollner property is in one acre zoning and the responsibility of the developer to provide road development. He said Waters expects to subdivide the Sollner property_ Jabbour indicated that even if the Council would decide to change the sewer policy, they would request maintaining the two-acre density. Waters asked if a proposal with sewering of two-acre parcels is viable. Jabbour said he was not suggesting that. 9