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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR JUNE 14,1999 is APPROVAL #2480 SPRING HILL GOLF CLUB, 725 SIXTH AVENUE NORTH -FINAL PLAT APPROVAL - Continued completed quickly. He questioned the request to put the trail in up to the wetland. He understood that it was to be completed up to the maintenance facility. Flint said the contract provides that the trail will be put in up to the wetland. Crosby agreed, but he thought that subsequent discussions had it only going to the driveway. Flint said that is Tim Johnson's side of the discussion, but the City said no, build it to the wetland. He said that on the description of the easement, he wants it left as a ten -foot easement. He said the agreement provides for a four -foot trail. If the easement is defined as the middle of the four -foot trail, it would be virtually impossible for anyone to maintain the trail because you need room on either side. Crosby said he would not have a problem with saying two feet, together with the maintenance. He said the issue is for a subsequent Council that looks at this thinking they have all this space and then want to reroute the trail. Flint said the trail has already been moved because the original plan for the trail that the City had was to go on the golf course side of the wetland in the area of East Long Lake Road and . Spring Hill Road. There was great concern about that by the golf course because of safety reasons. The City backed off to the point of taking the ten -foot easement along the edge and having a little flexibility for the trail. He wants to stay with the original agreement. Barrett asked if there should be two descriptions, one of the easement and one of the trail. Flint thought the agreement contemplated that the easement would be ten feet except where the trail actually goes further. Crosby said that is what the legal description says. Jabbour said the original agreement was for a ten -foot easement to run parallel to the property line. When the City staff and the golf course staff visited the site, they could see that there was a natural direction for the trail that would preserve trees which was beyond the ten feet. He asked if they were saying that in that area, they do not want the City to have the ten feet that they are not using plus all the area beyond the ten feet because at some places it could be as wide as 30 feet. He asked if Crosby would rather describe the easement based on the existing trail plus two feet on each side it. Crosby said that in the area where the trail has not been constructed, he would describe the center line, give two feet on each side of the center line and some additional area for • maintenance rights. He said the reason for that is to avoid someone coming in at a later date Page 15