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3. Who would bear the cost of maintaining the road once it <br />is public? (Should the City exercise its police or eminent <br />domain power and force a connection with Tanglewood, it <br />would be the position of the Tanglewood Homeowners that the <br />City must maintain this road thereafter.) <br />4. To what standard would any new road be constructed? <br />(This question is answered by City Code and it is believed <br />that a higher standard exists for the service of seven <br />or more homes in Orono. The cost of construction is greater <br />and, again, the Tanglewood homeowners would object <br />to any increased costs, construction or maintenance.) <br />Based on the history of the Tanglewood development, and <br />because the instant application before the City Council is <br />certainly only a private purpose, answers to the above questions <br />and issues would dictate that eminent domain is inappropriate for <br />this case, and for any case where purely private interests are at <br />hand. <br />For many of the above stated reasons, it is ill advised for <br />the City of Orono to force a connection with Tanglewood Road and <br />the development immediately to its east. There is no public <br />interest in this connection, but merely a private interest and <br />one that relates essentially to economics of develop::.,-,nt. Mr. <br />Adams should be required to develop this land in accordance with <br />the now existing City ordinances and regulations. He should be <br />required to seek his own access onto County Road 6 through a <br />-4- <br />