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i <br />C0UNCI-MEEnM3 <br />jyW e 1998 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY OF ORONO <br />DATE: Junes, 1998 <br />ITEM NO: ^ <br />Department Approval: <br />Name RonMoorse <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />City Administrator’s <br />Rqx>rt <br />Item Description: Saga Hill Park Access Options <br />A condition placed on the City's sponsorship of the most recent grant application for acquisition of <br />additional natural open space land in the Saga Hill area was that the issue of access to the pwk ^ <br />resolved. There arc several potential options for providing access to the park area, each with <br />advantages and disadvantages. The options are as follows. <br />1.Develop a road on the Garden Lane right-of-way that would provide vehicular access <br />to a parking lot located on the park property. <br />a. Advantages. <br />1) Uses existing right-of-way for the road and uses existing public land <br />for the parking lot. <br />b. Disadvantages. <br />1) <br />2) <br />Requires the City to construct an expensive road, <br />Changes the Garden Lane right-of-way from a narrow pedestrian trail <br />to a public road. <br />The construction of the road could encourage development of <br />adjacent private properties in a way not desired by the City. <br />4) Requires the use of park land for the construction of a parking lot. <br />c. Cost estimate for road: $100,000. <br />2. Use the existing 1 O' alleyway easement to provide access to the park, <br />a. Advantages. <br />1) Uses existing public right-of-way. <br />' 1 <br />•1 <br />I