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i � <br /> MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMIVIISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,AQgust 17,20].5 <br /> b:30 o'clock p.m. �'��` <br /> ��: <br /> land between 1000 and 1 U05 Heritage and deed that properiy back to the homeowners and reguire � <br /> Mr.Jacobs to find an altenaative entrance to those homes. ��r� <br /> � <br /> Byrnes stated assuming the City wilI not vacate that land because it has been platted since the early 1960s <br /> as an exroension,the residants would ask the City to find an alternative consttuction route. Byrnes stabed <br /> there has to be a way to mitigate the consttuction traffic that wi11 severely impact this neighborhood. The <br /> residents worry about the safdy of 1�e children, The cul-d�sac is used daily by the kids as a kickball <br /> court,scooters, and peaple coming and going from vsrious places. Byrnes stated it is very di�'iicult to <br /> turn out onto County Road 15 and that it is an incredibty dangerous road at peak times of tra�c. Byrnes <br /> stated if there are dumg trucks and cement trucks lined up that need to get out onto Caunty Road 15,that <br /> will infringe on the residents' lives and their obligtttions. Byrnes stated there has to be an a�ternative <br /> route for ii�e construction traf�"ic. Byrnes reiterated the entire neighborhood supports the developmen#but <br /> the issue is to find an alternative way to get the construction traffic in and ou� <br /> Byrnes noted these will be very large scale homes and that it will likely take two years plus to build each <br /> home. As a result, it could be a five to siu�z year project� Bynies stabed it is an enarmous impact to the <br /> neighbarhood and ti�e magnitude cannot be totally understood ax this point The residents would ask for <br /> the City's counsel and guidance to find anatk�er consiruction access point� <br /> The zesidents also have concerns about the joint use docks and accessing docks on Smith and Tanager <br /> Bay. There are concerns regarding the entrance,the monuments,and the landscaping. Byrnes indicated <br /> the homeowners association will reserve judgcne�t oa that and that they will work with the apglicam on <br /> those. <br /> Byrnes stated with him tonigfit are eight members of the homeawners associalion and other reside�ts who <br /> have concerns as wel1, Symes stated the homeowners sssociation also opposes any kind of a common <br /> trail going from the Dakota Trail but that they can,work wi#h Mr. Stedman and the City later on that item. <br /> Byrnes st�ted thay were s�prised to hear that recommendation from Staff. <br /> Dennis Libby, 1000 Heritage Laue, stated their properry is located directly across from the city-0wned <br /> access and their Iongest 1ot dimension abuts the Jacobs'pzopezty. Libby statad in conjunction witb their <br /> direct most imm�diate neighbor,they are the two that are the most direct}y affected by the City's use of <br /> Page 48 af 65 <br />