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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR JANUARY 12,1998 (#1 Femdale Road North Road Improvement - Continued) Jabbour closed the public hearing. Jabbour asked for information on the cost of repaving and the life term of such maintenance. Goetten asked for information on accidents. Moorse said the City's records for the past year show no accidents on this section of Femdale, except at the intersection of Femdale Road and County Road 6. Gappa has ordered accident reports from the State. Jabbour asked that information be provided on both the 28' and 32' wide road designs and repaving the existing road with constmctions costs at the next Council meeting. Jabbour asked Quanbeck to brief the City of Plymouth on the information provided at this meeting. Moorse asked about installing the bike path at the same time as road construction. Jabbour noted a reclaimed/resurfaced road would have a 10 year life. Cook noted the cost would be without the bike path. Jabbour indicated that Orono was not considering a path. Flint agreed. Welles said the bike trails were being revised but did not believe such a path was included. Gappa said the assumption was made that the bike trail would be on the Plymouth side of the road. Goetten indicated that people were not asking for it but would hope it would be considered if the road was upgraded. Flint said it would be expensive to build on the Orono side with the need for drainage ditches and going onto private property or by the use of curb and gutter. Jabbour asked if the asphalt can be expanded and striped. He was informed that it was possible but would be difficult. Jabbour asked that costs be developed for this possibility. Welles noted that it might not meet standards. Jabbour noted the need to keep all of tlie costs and improvements in perspective to the City budget. Gappa indicated that the traffic usage also needs to be considered. He feels this road is a logical place to use State aid. Gappa said Femdale Road is one of the city's higher traveled roadways. Jabbour asked that Staff identify all State aid roads. He also asked for ar; accounting of aid with the improvements to CoRd 6 and CoRd 15. Gappa indicated that CoRd 6 was budgeted for $600,000. With Femdale Road, the budget would be at $30,000 to the negative. Moorse noted that this is assuming that the City is borrowing $500,000 from that fund and paying it back over two years. Jabbour said that results in the actual accounting of being $530,000 to the negative. (A ten minute recess was held.) J