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T. <br />r I <br />V-' <br />/tW(5 cfim/?^ <br />»5=.-ANOTHER VIEW ON THE LOCATION OF A NEW ORONO CITY FACILITY <br />The following is a response to the findings of the Citizens’ Committee <br />regarding the location of new Orono city facilities buildings. It consists <br />partly of the findings of the Citizens’ Facility Committee followed by <br />another view held by many of Orono's citizens, and a response to the <br />Committee’s list of ideal Facilities site characteristics. <br />1. FACILITIES COMMITTEE; (SUMMARY) New facilities are necessary and <br />the need is urgent. <br />1. OUR VIEW: This time the same vlew-A new city facility is a must. <br />2. FACILITIES COMMITTEE: The Ideal site for City facilities would have the <br />following characteristics: <br />a easily accessible to the public. <br />2. OUR VIEV.': <br />a.The present site superbly meets this crlterla-far better than any <br />other site. It can be approached from four different directions and Is <br />located on, or within, a block of three major city thoroughfares (highways <br />15, 51, and 146), Is one block from the bus line, and being a block away <br />from the lake Is even approachable by water. It would be difficult to find <br />a civic center more accessible than ours anywhere In the world. <br />f <br />2. FACILITIES COMMITTEE: <br />b.Not In a residential area. <br />2. OUR VIEW: <br />b. Orono’s present site has been in this area since the beginning, <br />we’re accustomed to it. Many (Wayzata, Excelsior, Mound, Crystal, Etc.) <br />other cities’ civic centers are located In residential areas. There Is <br />nothing basically incompatible with the arrangement. A plus in our <br />situation would be an upgrading of the nelghborriood that would reward the <br />neighbors for putting up so long with the negative effects of the primitive <br />and deteriorating structures that now exist. <br />2. FACILITIES COMMITTEE: <br />c. Does not take residential property. <br />2. OUR VIEW: <br />c. Good point, but neither does using the present site-plus we don’t <br />have to buy any more land and take it off the tax rolls. For example, if the <br />site near Highway 12 were privately developed It could produce many <br />thousands of dollars worth of taxes every year.