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• :-.s •• • • « <br />REGULAR MEETING OP THE ORONO PL-^NING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 7, 1983 Page -4 <br />' * "** '.V' * ’ '* * <br />■. %’'■■, •• .* • ■•: <br />' ■ .■■■-• '. ■'►•I' -V <br />: 5r <br />mmmmm. <br />Ww&mmmmmiB| '’.. ''liliriri....... --v-^.-..^--i--Ta <br />ii. ...... <br />; --i" <br />■•:- - v:■'•:.•:■•■■■/; ■- <br />.;v\ :..v.iu';.^,^^'-.i' ■ <br />¥-.i- .■ ^: ;v:■'V'^>;^.vi'iSiafe <br />V y ■ V . . ^V%vif;::: ^ <br />I <br />^ ■ •*• ■:. *•• ■•■•. <br />1*MiSillii <br />ti'jiw:.-:-': <br />EB. ■-•■ ■ : • - >;■ <br />Wr'r^ <br />'-I-'-- , . -V ^.: ;v.---' <br />W'Wms$m <br />Vv,'■<•: 7 ■••v^:- -;<V:>^.v^- :.^•-i;^:^ >: ;-r <br />• ' ' <br />7 yy'■7-w:-j7 7 <br />7f,-; '‘7 77.:. : -^v: .vr7: 7 :.,K-':77-7fV.aMi <br />■ ;Vjv:7 :•>• 7;> <br />yy > <br />liP$«t:57 <br />:77^C'-V',s::'7i*a <br />«at7:iiii <br />M-0 <br />i ; ;' ';, • ^.,; ;j .77 y>y = v ; ;; • y V: 7 =7.1' - ':;^ <br />yyjy'Si <br />IBK"'' <br />o .’i' • '7- ■ ■■ 7 > ‘i!i.;. 7..vJb <br />: • y>- <br />pic’-llS <br />whether or not that part at Brackett's Avenues;:s..“ tr».“.*.cn:;;"’J°f. r. r. x,r: <br />public purpose in the area now or not. <br />Larrv Berg, attorney for the applicants then <br />sta^V^d his client's position stating that he felt <br />th^re was a question about the prior vacation but <br />in any case they seek vacation of the area at this <br />time for health, safety, and welfare reasons. <br />Public use of the area is troublesome because of <br />the irresponsible few. Mr. Gregory won't build <br />his house on his property if this area is not <br />closed. He is worried about trespassers and <br />vandalism. His neighbors blame ^ <br />problems they have and have threatened to sue him. <br />Berg stated that they wish to <:\ose the <br />area by planting shrubs and building 1®.'' ®*the berms. They have an unwritten easement from the <br />railroad to control trespassers using the <br />railroad trestle for fishing. ^*^bey have an <br />agreement with Hennepin ^®®"ty that the county <br />will agree to the vacation and to a <br />width of 60 feet with a 3 foot easement each side, <br />and a narrower width at the Duff property. <br />Planning Commission member Sime *®bed ^y has the <br />area been used by the public for so long if it was <br />private property? j|« <br />Berg stated that although *“••••"'*•'•, <br />public have unquestionably used the •*?•,**' <br />tl.e, no one has cone toward to ol “‘" <br />individual right to do so. The P»®P**^y <br />Ux parcels and we did not know which «»"• <br />where-we almost lost one Pl«°* 5*®*“** »?? |S! <br />statement went to the wrong •**^*®** “"l^U county notltled us it night go tax forfeit. <br />Mr. Berg also stated that his clients bro^ht the <br />action to vacate Brackett's Avenue since the <br />people using the property have not P®‘** <br />and his client Mr. Gregory has because that 1 • bo <br />the property is drawn on the county plat naps. <br />Former Mayor Van Nest asked tot the <br />time and stated he felt it would be a ■•»•»• «* <br />property like Molly's Corner to get if the local community and into the control of the <br />DNR and the State. <br />Van Nest is a member of the Lake Minnetonka Oie <br />Task Force, a group that is to study the use o <br />like and the ivailabllity of the resource to the <br />general public.