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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLAN.M.NC; COMMISSION <br />Tuesday, February 19, 2002 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />Qwest st,nting that they respectfully decline the vacation request Weinberger indicated he has spoken <br />with Mr Jorgenson who indicated that Qwest would not be opposed to the vacation of the right-of-wav <br />if it is determined that utility lines arc located within the public land and adequate easements are put in <br />place for the utilities Weinberger staled it is anticipated that location of the lines will be verified this <br />TInirsday by Gopher One <br />Weinberger stated the I’ublie Works Director has rev lewed this request, and has no obiection to the <br />vacation of the right-of-way. W'einberger stated the City at this time has no intention to ever use that <br />portion of the right-of-wav for anv public purpose <br />Weinberger stated the City likes to insure that access is maintained to each indiv idual island over public <br />land. Weinberger stated public access remains open with the proposed vacation <br />Egan presented pictures of the cabin, noting there are trees located on both sides of the cabin Egan <br />staled he has a concern that Uie City may in the tutuie request that the cabin be moved since it is located <br />within a right-of-way Egan slated if something happened to the cabin, thev would not be able to <br />rebuild since it is located within the setback and would need to be relocated Eluan stated he is <br />attempting to avoid any conllicts in the iuture. and that due to the trees m the area, the road is basicallv <br />unusable Egan noted he has spoken with all the neighbors and he is unaware of anv obieetions to the <br />vacation <br />Smith questioned whether Qwest knows where their utihtv lines are located <br />Egan stated Qwest did supply a drawing showing that their lines are located down the road Egan stated <br />he personallv does not feel those are correct, noting there is a junction bo.\ that is appro\imately three <br />feet tall IcKrated m the area where the lines come from, which is dilTereni than what Qwest's drawing <br />depicts Egan noted the cabin was constructed sometime in the I900s <br />John Birch. Big Island, indicated he owns the property to the lell Birch staled to his knowledge the <br />phone lines were put in about 15 years ago and come up to the indiv idual cabins from poles that are <br />PAGE 35