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f ; <br />f <br />43091.6 <br />/(^ <br />TO:Mayor and City Council COUNCIL MEETING <br />FBOM:Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator <br />OATS:May 7, 1991 <br />MAY 1 3 I9d.i <br />CITYOFOROIIO <br />SOBJBCT: City Facilities <br />Attachment:A. Planning Commission Facilities Site <br />Recommendation Dated 5/6/91 <br />B. Planning Commission Minutes 5/6/91 Meeting <br />C. Facilities Site Recommendation Memo to Planning <br />Commission Dated 4/30/91 <br />D. Boatman Schematic Schedule Dated <br />E, Letter to Facilities Committee and Planning <br />Commission <br />ISSUE • <br />1. Receipt by Council of recommendations from the Planning <br />Commission and the Facilities Committee regarding facilities <br />site. <br />2. Determination by Council of site selection. <br />3. Direction to staff regarding further action related to site <br />acquisitionf if any. <br />4. Further work direction to develop schematic. <br />INTRODUCTION - The Council, at the April 4, 1991 facilities <br />meeting with the Planning Commission and Facilities Committee <br />asked that each of the two bodies present recommendations to <br />Council regarding a proposed site for new facilities. <br />Attachments A and B represent those written responses. <br />DISCUSSION As noted both Committees unanimously recommended the <br />Highway 12 site, which the City currently has under option. The <br />Facilities Committee indicated that the property on the southwest <br />corner of Highway 12 and Old Crystal Bay Road represented an <br />adequate alternative, however, were concerned about the <br />acquisition cost of such property. The Planning Commission was <br />split on the issue with some members finding the northeast <br />quadrant site preferable because of the desire to create a <br />"community campus* for development of City Rail, library, arena, <br />etc. <br />Present at both Facilities Committee and Planning Commission were <br />Mr. Farnham and members of his *Orono Tax Payers Association* <br />together with other interested public members. <br />The Planning Commission at its May 6th meeting indicated that <br />they had concerns about the ability to downscale the facilities <br />to the size Mr. Farnham suggested and that even if they could.