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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,February 8,2021 6:03 p.m. 19. LA20-000048-TIMOTHY WHITTEN O/B/O I.JACOBS/A.JACOBS REVOCABLE TRUST, 1700 SHORELINE DRIVE,PRELIMINARY PLAT-RESOLUTION—Continued Walsh replied yes. It would be more with the approval,please get the City Council the feedback as well, so that is in the book. Crosby said if they look at Fox Hill,they do not have one there. Walsh knows that but that is not relevant to this;Johnson is just talking about in a perfect world,they would want the feedback and if the County says they can do it,then they would want it. Johnson agreed and said not just because it is more convenience to not do it,but if it is possible to do. The Tanager Bridge construction is happening soon and it would alleviate a lot of problems there and maybe that extends to Heritage. Walsh noted they will find out by prefacing it and asking for the feedback on that because if the County says it is an absolute no,there is no way to do it,or that the County is not going to do it because there is just not enough room to make it work and redo all of that road. He stated that is the way to find out. Attorney Mattick agreed. Crosby said if they look on Google maps it looks like a complete impossibility. Walsh said he knows,but that does not prevent them from asking and they can get the response in the book one way or the other. Attorney Mattick's only concern is that it is a preliminary plat and not the final. The premise is when the City Council approves the preliminary plat it is saying"we're most of the way there,here are the conditions we want,when you come back for final plat we want these issues addressed." Putting in additional turn lanes and things like that are usually thing they have gone through at this point so if he understands what the Council is saying,they would like the County to take a second look at an acceleration lane and a center turn lane for east bound traffic. Walsh replied,or just to give the City Council the feedback on it—maybe they have already received it, he does not know. Edwards cannot speak for the County but from a City perspective, if this was a City road, normally they are applying City code or overall transportation best practices to that right-of-way and travel-way. The County is going to tell the developer to prove that they cannot do what the County is telling them has to happen here. He said it is a little bit backwards for the City to say"prove that it cannot happen." They would have to ask the County to look at whether they think that a left hand turn lane is needed for this type of development. Walsh stated"is it feasible,and if it is would you do it." Johnson said the only thing he read about from the County was an email chain asking how much space was needed on that right turn lane. He does not know if the County took a full review of this situation and concluded that this is what needs to be done. Page 20 of 26