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MINLTES OF THE <br />ORONO PI.ANMNG COMMISSION <br />Tuesday, February 19, 2002 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />GalTron commcnlcd this area of land might have been intended as a swimming beaeh at the time it was <br />platted <br />Hawn reiterated that the Planning Commission has to insure that the general publie has aeeess to <br />Big Island <br />Egan stated in his view there might be a problem w ith granting that pieee of land to the shoreline, and <br />that the public can use Lakcview A\enuc Egan stated he is unable to obtain a mortgage on this cabin <br />because it is located in the right-of-way. and that in his view it would not be a problem for the City to <br />vacate that right-of-way. noting that it is usable at this point for a road or a pedestrian trail Egan stated <br />the road has not been utilized for a significant number of \ears <br />Kluth recommended that this right-of-way not be \aeated since they are unable to know what future use <br />this piece of land might be needed for and that the City needs to preserv e the right to use that piece of <br />land <br />Hawiv slated she would be in fav or of vacating the nghl-of-vvay if an alternativ e is prov ided <br />Egan commented the general public can still access Lakevievv. which is a u.sed pathw.r. docs <br />contain utility lines Egan slated Lakcview also has vehicular tratTic Egan comma ^ »V»e aic <br />seasonal cabins and that most of the platted roads on Big Island are unrecognizable bv the general <br />public <br />Hawn stated the Planning Cornmission needs to protect access on Big Island for use m the future <br />Kluth agreed with Hawn <br />Egan staled the current situation is the fact that the Citv through the vears has allowed structures to be <br />built in the right-of-vvavs, which prevents him from being able to obtain a mortgage tixlay <br />Hawn stated she would like to see a pedestrian walkway somewhere in this area <br />PAGE 38