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City of Long take <br />Memorandum <br />To:Honorable Mayor Jabbour and Orono City Council <br />From:Shannon Sweeney, Long Lake City Administrator <br />Date:December 7,2 III <br />Re:Fleming Trail Addition <br />The Orono City Council previously reviewed two concepts for the eventual development <br />of the Fleming Trail Addition in Long Lake. Those two concepts (A & B) were presented <br />to adjoining property owners in the Orono Oaks development by Mayor Jabbour and <br />Orono staff. Ttie general consensus among the Orono Oaks property owners was that <br />they preferred concept B. Unfortunately, the City of Long Lake preferred concept A <br />in an effort to build consensus and address as many concerns as possible Long Lake <br />staff have met with Orono Oaks property owners on many occasions over the past <br />several months. Neighborhood meetings have been requested on numerous <br />occasions; however, it became evident that they were difficult if not impossible to <br />organize given the various property owners schedules. As a result staff met with <br />several of the property owners individually. <br />The various meetings with property owners from the Orono Oaks development did lead <br />to the creation of an additional concept plan (C), which has been enclosed for your <br />review. It is our belief that this concept is the most sensitive to the Orono Oaks property <br />owners for several reasons including the following: <br />By clustering the lots on the hilltop in concept (C) the visual impact Is <br />significantly reduced. Previous plans (concept B) resulted In the rear yards of <br />seven lots abutting Orono Oaks Drive. Our proposed concept results in only <br />three rear yards abutting Orono Oaks Drive. <br />2)Concept (C) makes no use of Orono Oaks Drive which was a significant issue <br />with Orono Oaks residents. <br />3)Concept (C) to the best extent possible reduces the impact on trees and natural <br />vegetation while allowing Long Lake to meet its goal of maintaining thirteen lots. <br />4)Concept (C) reserves the majority of the property as park or natural area. <br />It is also our belief that concept (C) does the best job of meeting the intent of the original <br />covenants. Concept (C) provides for no vehicular or pedestrian access to Orono Oaks