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Julv 26. 1993 <br />To:Members ol'the Orono Cilv Council <br />Charles Kelley <br />Diane Goetten <br />Jo l:llen llurr <br />nduard Callahan <br />Gabriel Jabbour <br />Re: Proposed Bike Trail and Hile Property at 2790 Silverview Drive <br />The purpose oflhis letter is to advise you ofour concerns relative to the <br />bike trail and the impacts on our property. <br />While we have been told repeatedly that efforts would be made to work <br />with homeowners to minimize the adverse effects of the trail on privacy, <br />landscaping and the rural appearance of the area, these efforts arc less <br />than meaningful. We have asked in writing for written descriptions of the <br />plans for our property on several occasions to both the council members <br />and the agents working to construct the trail. What we have been shown <br />pro\ ides no details and lca\ es us totally unaw are of w hat is going to <br />happen. We have no written explanation about our property spevifically; <br />there is a sketch w ith a few trees on it. Our request, in writing, for <br />specific landscaping has received no response. Further, our serious <br />concerns about the drainage problems ‘hat the trail will cause on the <br />property have been ignored, fhe city believes it has an ea.sement <br />which we believe is debatable. <br />It is our contention that most of the trees bordering Old Crystal Bay <br />Road and our property at 2790 Sil\er\ iew are in fact on our properly <br />and the city has no rights whatsoe\er to do anything which ma> alTect <br />those trees. We believe that the city easement from the center of the <br />roadway iloes not extend to these trees and we dispute any measurement <br />that indicates otherw ise. <br />We do not believe that the drainage issue is being taken seriously and we <br />have great concerns about this. We are unsure of the city's easement rights <br />and the issue of extending these rights to cause severe overtlow ing is an <br />open issue. This needs meaningful analysis. <br />We refuse to be intimidated into signing an easement for trail construction <br />by threats of w iping out our trees w ith no replacement landscaping and the <br />construction of a chain link fence. I his is not the manner in w hich the