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14. 15. 16. 17. 18. The City Council finds that the existing driveway/road width is adequate to safely serve the existing neighborhood and the minimal number of additional homes proposed, subject to confirmation that the driveway/road is legally located within valid private easements. The City Council finds that it would not be appropriate to establish conditions limiting further development of the property; such future proposals should be reviewed on their own merits when they are proposed. The proposed plan includes only minimal improvements/expansions of the private road system, and has minimal impacts in terms of stormwater management due to the small number of large lots being created. Therefore, the use of vegetative buffer easements should be allowed rather than the creation of ponding areas, since the runoff created by one or two new widely-spaced homes cannot be easily captured for treatment. The subdivision is subject to the Storm Water and Drainage Trunk Fee established by City Ordinance. The subdivision is subject to dedication of standard Drainage & Utility Easements along lot lines. The property does not abut any of the existing or proposed public trails shown on the City’s Comprehensive Trail Plan. The City plan shows a trail along East Long Lake Road and Spring Hill Road to connect Wood Rill to Wolsfeld Woods SNA further west. Since that trail would not involve this property, there is no apparent need for dedication of land, so the subdivision should be subject to the standard Park Dedication Fee established by City Ordinance in lieu of land dedication. While there are no historically significant features on this property known to the City, the location of the property with bluffs abutting a water body suggest the potential for archaeological significance. The subdivider must contact the State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) and inquire as to the need for an archaeological review. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that based upon one or more of the findings noted above, the City Council of the City of Orono hereby approves the preliminary plat application of Nina Wildman at 745 Spring Hill Road per preliminary plat drawings by Mark S. Gronberg, a licensed surveyor of Gronberg & Associates, Inc. dated December 5, 2003, subject to the following conditions: Page 5 of 10 . I . J