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rr r i ♦MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 27, IffS (#I - Assessment Hearing - Willow Drive North - Continued) Ifcirr asked whoe Orooo Plaza property is located and the acreage comparison between the two com. lerciai properties Gustafson pointed out on a map the nonhwesi quadrant of Hwy 12 anc W'lllow wliere the Orono Plaza propert>‘ is located Rice said the Orono Plaza propertv’ consists of 56 acres but was unaware of the amount ot acreage for the Often property, which he did say was smaller in ms. Callahan tnfomwd the public of the letter received from Otten v oicing his opposition to tl» assessment. Jabbour said the street was designed as it is because ot the commercial properties, and some improvements that were made would not, otherwise, be needed. Gustafson explained that as part of the Hwy 12 reconstruction project, the semaphore w as matched with the traffic to the south A right lane was added to direct traffic to the east to the Otten property, made wider, and for >"ear-around use to withstand the weight of trucks using the commercial properties. Kelley added that the roadway was designed to accommodate the future service road servicing these properties Gustalson said a median would be built to line up vrith the frontage road also Gustafson said the road design was such to handle the increase of traffic benefiting the commercial properties which, otherwise, would not have been needed Cliff Otten. owner of the other commercial property-, arrived at this time He noted that his letter stipulated a starting time for the hearing of 7 00 p m , which he showed to the Council Let it be noted that the affidavit of publication showed a starting time of 6:45 pm Otten said he spoke with Moorse about the assessment He was informed that the assessment amount was 25®/o of the total cost Otten said he does not receive 25% of the benetit of the project He added that Willow Dnve w as the only nonh-south link and only through street maintained in the area Otten said Moorse had informed him that the rest of W illow Drive would be improved at some time with no assessment Moorse was reported to have said the other project would not be as extensive and would require overlays about every five years Otten said if this is true, the cost of additional overlays over a period of time would reach that of the improvement under discussion. There were no additional public comments, and Callahan closed the public hearing.