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_t? 62l, 9i <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator <br />DATE: June 29, 1988 <br />SUBJECT: Orono School District Response <br />Attachment: A. Draft Response Letter Orono School District <br />B. Orc.•no School District Letter Dated 6-6-88 <br />ISSUE - Determine what response, if any, the Council would like to make to <br />the request by the Orono School District as outlined in Attachment B. <br />INTRODUCTION - The Orono School District has recently entered into an <br />agreement with the owner of the Albin Thies property a parcel of 51 acres <br />in the southwest corner of Old Crystal Bay Road and County Road 6. It is <br />my understanding that the terms are such that the School District is <br />currently buying approximately 13 acres and has a 10 year lease on three <br />other 13 acre tracts. <br />The School District in entering into these agreementE would desire some <br />indication from the City as to the possible zoning and services on the <br />property. <br />DISCUSSION - As noted in the School District's request, they desire <br />substantial guaranties of zoning and services in the corridor, a guarantee <br />that this present Council may not want to place on its self or future <br />councils. <br />In addition, the actual acquisition of property and potential expansion of <br />school services may or may not be something that the Council desires to <br />comment on. Should it desire to comment on it, these may be the issues it <br />desires to address: <br />a. Increase in the amount of tax exempt property. <br />b. Reduction in residential developable land. <br />C. Increased capital expenditures. <br />Attachment A outlines a stuf; draft which should leave erough latitude for <br />Orono City Council (both E.resent and future) to exercise its realistic <br />rights, yet give the School District a realistic level of expectation as to <br />the Zoning ordinances in the property they are interested in acquiring. <br />