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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, October 26, 2015 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />14. FOX STREET SURVEY AND ENGINEERING PROPOSAL <br />Edwards noted at the September 28 City Council meeting, the Council authorized engineering and design <br />for the MSA section of Fox Street. The engineering work includes surveying, wetland delineation, <br />project development, design and bidding for improvements to Fox Street between Willow Drive and <br />Broad Road. The cost of the engineering work is not to exceed $53,100 and may be funded from the <br />MSA fund. <br />Levang stated she would prefer to complete Watertown Road and that she is not interested in doing Fox <br />Street. Levang stated the City needs to finish what it started. <br />McMillan stated her biggest concern is to do only one section of Fox Street and not the other given the <br />costs associated with mobilizing and issues with detours. McMillan stated in her view the City should do <br />it all at one time. McMillan noted the City had to do Watertown in phases due to the cost. McMillan <br />stated in her view it is too early on Fox Street and that she would like to do that when the City is ready to <br />do the entire road. McMillan stated she would like to keep Fox Street on the front burner and start <br />looking at it once Watertown Road is completed. McMillan stated the City made a promise to do <br />Watertown, the project has been started, and the City should finish it. McMillan stated she will not deny <br />Fox Street is bad but that the entire stretch needs to be done in one construction season. <br />Walsh stated it is more prioritizing the bad sections of roads and that there are sections of Watertown <br />Road that do not need to be done. Walsh stated that way the worst sections of the roads are done. <br />McMillan noted the Council identified Watertown Road as being a bad road a long time ago and that it <br />was the plan to complete Watertown Road. <br />Walsh stated the Council did not agree to do Phase 11. <br />McMillan stated the Council looked at the entire project and decided to divide it up into two different <br />phases with the idea that Phase 11 would be done following completion of Phase I. McMillan stated when <br />the contractor is mobilizing equipment and closing roads down, it makes more sense to do the whole road <br />rather than different sections of different roads. In addition, when seal coating is being done years later, <br />the contractor can also do the entire road rather than different sections. <br />Walsh stated the City never committed to anything on Watertown Road beyond Phase I. <br />McMillan stated the Council discussed Watertown Road quite a bit before Council Member Walsh came <br />on the Council. <br />Walsh stated the City now has a better pair of eyes to see which roads need to be done. <br />Levang stated she takes issue with that and that she drives both of those streets. Levang stated there is not <br />a piece on Watertown that can be set aside. Levang stated she would like to do Fox Street from beginning <br />to end and that way every citizen on that road then gets equal priority. Levang stated the City has made <br />commitments to address the roads, which is what was done with Watertown, and parsing out one little <br />piece here and there does not make sense. Levang stated she does not want to burden the residents on <br />Fox Street about who should be first. <br />Page 19 of 23 <br />