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? <br />CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO.4 1S2 <br />4. The property is served by municipal sewer and water. <br />0. <br />6. <br />7. <br />8. <br />The property abuts I S. Highway 12 as well as Cutlot O, Sugar Woods, a <br />segment of a proposed future frontage road corridor platted within Sugar Woods. <br />In 1987 the City adopted Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 2 which planned <br />for the future development of a frontage road between Brow.t Road and Willow <br />Drive, paralleling Highway 12. In 1987 it was anticipated that traffic on <br />Highway 12 would continue to incease as a result of the upcoming completion <br />of Interstate Highway 394. The piupose of this pi tned frontage road was <br />to reduce and'or eliminate access directly to and from Highway 12. generally for <br />safety and traffic flow reasons. Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 2 <br />specifically addressed road improvements needed prior to development of the <br />commercial corridor as follows: <br />"Prior to the development of the commercial portion of this property, the <br />existing intersection at Brown Road and Highway 12 shall be improved <br />so that safety concerns associated with the current use and future <br />increased use of this intersection are addressed. Configuration of the <br />frontage road and North Brown Road would be determined at the time <br />of development." <br />Orono's 1994*95 reconstruction of Brown Road alleviated alignment concerns <br />with the 12/Brown intersection, and Mn/DOT's 1995-96 safety improvements on <br />Hichwav 12 similarlv alleviated a number of safety concerns. <br />The plat of Sugar Woods, completed in July 1989, included two commercially <br />zoned parcels (Outlots E and F) abutting Highway 12. These two parcels were <br />platted as outlots. rather than as buildable lots, because the Applicant at that time <br />wished to delay decisions regarding future access to the commercial property <br />until such time that it was developed. <br />The Sugar Woods plat confom’ed to the comprehensive plan by creating Outlot <br />D. a short segment of the proposed future easi'west frontage road. Outlot D. <br />however, only provides a corridor from the west boundary ot Sugar Woods to <br />•i <br />Paae 2 of 10