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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 14, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 16 of 26 Crosby said that is really the one that is needed. Seals agreed. Ms. Burwell said exactly. Walsh said he doesn’t know how they’d ever get it and that’s the problem. Johnson said maybe Ms. Burwell could give some of her land. Ms. Burwell noted that is another question on how it impacts her land. Walsh said it seems like if they had a turn lane that would be better than it is today for sure. Ms. Burwell noted it needs a turn lane on both sides. Walsh said he’s seen people slide through into the brick wall. Ms. Burwell said they’ve replaced that wall many times and last week was not a good week on Shoreline Drive as right at the turn lane there was a motorcyclist than ran up into the gray house. She noted she doesn’t need to belabor the fact that traffic is a problem, but she thinks there are some very important contingencies that need to be reviewed. Walsh agreed and said everything needs to be looked at including the trees, foliage, everything and it goes without saying that would be part of it and will take more conversation between Staff, developers and neighbors to bring all the conversations to the Council. Johnson noted this is preliminary plat rather than final plat. Ms. Burwell said she is a citizen and is trying to do her duty and be informative and she knows she’s taken up more than her five minute allotment. Walsh said that is only for public comment and they have another thirty minutes. He said Seals brought it up earlier regarding the development from the YMCA land that no one likes to see something wide-open get developed but things do change and they’re not increasing any density, it can’t be any more than it is today. Can they make it work with everyone and accomplish things like sightlines, trees and everything along those lines at the same time. Crosby said for “not having concerns from the neighbors,” they’ve been talking about it for quite a while. Ms. Burwell said absolutely there are concerns and she is expressing those concerns from her perspective. She appreciates the fact that these are thoughtful deliberations and that the existing home that has been there for 83 years needs to be thought of, rules need to be in place and not necessarily just changed to accommodate. She said the purchase and lot line adjustment that Irwin and Alex and Rod and Barbara did seven or eight years ago, she noted now they would’ve probably adjusted it slightly differently but at that time they didn’t realize. Walsh said hindsight is always 20-20.