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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, December 14, 2015 6:30 o'clock p.m. 13. #15-3774 MICHAEL STEADMAN OB/O IRWIN ACOBS,1700 SHORELINE DRIVE — PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL — RESOLUTION NO. 6569 (continued) Gaffron stated there has been an application before the City for the last approximately six months but that it was probably at least a year ago that it was first discussed. Coward stated he has been involved in attending Planning Commission and City Council meetings since late August or September when the process officially started. Walsh stated he does agree with Council Member Levang that it is decreasing the hours by 40 percent but that they are probably increasing the traffic through the neighborhood by 100 percent. Walsh stated these are accommodations everyone thought about, discussed and felt were reasonable and now all of a sudden everyone wants to talk about something different. Coward stated not once during the time he sat at the meetings did he hear anything about a road that went through the bluffs rather than over the bluffs. Coward stated in his view there has been misdirection. Coward noted at the last meeting the Mayor said that a truck could not go down that road. Coward asked how she knows that. McMillan stated the road is something that a person could drive an ATV on and that there is no Class 5 on it. McMillan stated she does not know how the City could legally require an alternative road when the property owner is entitled to access over the public road. Coward stated her opinion should have been that she does not want to be sued so she will not vote for it and not to tell the residents that they cannot drive a truck on the road. Coward stated presumably the road could easily be fixed to accommodate the traffic. McMillan stated she has a number of problems with the road and that it would require the removal of trees and the widening of it. McMillan stated the City is also not sure which lot will get developed first. McMillan stated in her view the alternative road is a far-fetched idea and not really possible. Coward asked why the Council talked about the bluffs then. McMillan indicated the discussion about bluffs was not her idea and that she let other people talk about that. Coward stated the residents talked about bluffs because no one at the City said in front of the residents that the discussion should be about the path not accommodating construction equipment. Coward stated no one ever said that they could go through the bluffs and not over them. Coward stated he resents the fact that the residents were not given this information and that he expects the City to have the facts about this development and inform the residents so a good decision can be made. Melanie Flessner, 1190 Heritage Lane, stated many changes have taken place in their neighborhood over the past 50 years, which is apparently how long some of these codes have been in place. Flessner stated there is now at least 35,000 cars on a daily basis going up and down County Road 15 and that it is a four minute wait from Heritage Lane onto County Road 15. Page 25 of 44