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^Oui^ <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE: August 25, 1997 ITEM NO.: <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Gregory A. Gappa <br />Title Director of Public Services <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Administrator’s Report <br />Item Description: Maintenance and Repair of Casco Cove Road <br />ly <br />'c <br />Residents of Casco Cove Road recently addressed the City Council concerning the maintenance <br />and repair of this road. This road has been maintained by the residents for at least the last twenty <br />years according to public works maintenance personnel. The road is in poor shape and requires <br />repair. The residents are requesting that the City assume repair and maintenance responsibilities <br />for this road. This is a dead end cull-de-sac street located off Casco Point Road. The road is 500 <br />feet long and serves 8 houses. The Council has directed City staff to provide a recommendation <br />on this situation for the August 25th Council meeting. <br />History of Road <br />10- 14-1937 Certificate of Title to Jeannette Amtz and Marion D. Barrett for Tract D RLS No. <br />461. (Tract D is the Right of Way for Casco Cove Road.) <br />9 20-1966 City of Orono utility easement over Tract D RLS No. 461. Sanitary sewer and a lift <br />station were installed at this time. The sanitary sewer is in the street and the lift station is located <br />off the end the road. The City uses Casco Cove Road regularly for access to the lift station. <br />11- 9-1959 to 12-6-1976 Several deeds issued to various parties granting easements for roadway <br />purposes across Tract D RLS No. 461 to serve other tracts in RLS No. 461. Access was needed <br />to homes constructed along this road. <br />11-30-1981 State of Minnesota acquires title Tract D RLS No. 461 through tax forfeit <br />proceedings. <br />5-8-1987 City of Orono acquires title to Tract D RLS No. 461 from State of Minnesota by <br />requesting use of parcel for street and drainage purposes. <br />:e line <br />T. <br />The underlying property on which the road is located was originally an outlot that was privately <br />owned. The property is now owned by the City because it was acquired through tax forfeit <br />proceedings. There is no reference to the maintenance of this road in the Council minutes or <br />resolutions requesting that the City obtain this outlot for street and drainage purposes. There has <br />been no change in the private maintenance of this road since the City obtained this property.