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l.J Our road has a lesser environmental impact than does peripheral road. A road around the outside of the property would be between 2-3 tiroes longer than the road. The increased hardcover would create more stormwater runo’f and the environmental burden on surrounding land will be greater than will be the use of one-half of an acre of the wooded area. Furthermore, we are providing about 0.3 acre feet of replacement storage capacity in a pond on the west side of the site to compensate for the roadway filling. It is my opinion that using one-half of an acre of the wooded area will have minimal environmental impact on the area, whereas having a road along the limits of the site will have greater environmental burden. 2.) A peripheral road would be detrimental to the property. At least five lots would be harmed by a peripheral road. Block 2, Lots 6 and 7 would be the most seriously impacted. These lots have the best trees on the entire 64 acre property. The trees are mature, desirable maples. In order for the road to get to the easterly periphery, it would have to cut a path through the trees. A peripheral road will also be visually and esthetician displeasing to other parts of this property. A peripheral road running across Block 2, Lot 8 and Block 3, Lots 1 and 2, would be very close to the building sites which is undesirable and inconsistent with the rural nature of Orono. Also, having a road or the periphery, which is open with no trees, will be visually and esthetician unappealing. There is nothing pleasing about a road, particularly a road which takes three 90 degree turns and travels approximately 1,300 feet ppin a straight path along the east property line. The peripheral road would be industrial looking and not in kt^eping with the appearance of the overall site. 3.)A peripheral road would also be harmful to the east. properties When we filed the application for subdivision, Orono^s staff provided the long-range plan for the development of the area along Old Crystal Bay Road. The plan showed a planned north-south artery to the Indian Creek. Attachment 4 shows that road. As the land along Old Crystal Bay is subdivided, there would be a row of homes along the west side of that future north-south road. There is already one home in that area, owned by Scott Goldsmith. If the Indian Creek Development road went along its periphery, those homes at the back of the Old Crystal Bay property would have a road on each side of their property. Thus, we would be creating an esthetician undesirable situation for the residents of Indian Creek and also for those residents directly to the east of Indian Creek.