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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING HELD JULY 13, 1987 COUNTY ROAD 116 CONTINUED He felt that the only advantage was the possibility of getting a stop signal at Willow & 12, feeling there are better alternatives to getting the stop light than increasing the traffic volume. Mary Fettig, 960 Willow Drive North, stated that there are north /south access alternatives, noting they are the rural alternatives that the residents prefer. She did not feel the traffic level warranting another north /south access was present. Debbie Lewis, 2355 Abingdon Way, felt that the extension would generate more traffic into Orono residential areas rather than east /west on Hwy. 12 where east /west accesses already exist. Mayor Grabek questioned Acting Mayor Scherer where the City of Medina anticipated the destinations of the traffic requiring the need for the extension. Acting Mayor Scherer felt the major need was for going to and from work north and south. A Willow Drive resident noted that when Willow Drive was upgraded traffic increased. Jim Dillman, 225 Willow Drive, noted that many voiced concern with ruining the rural development, whereas all the new developments have ruined the rural atmosphere for him. Ron Rogers, 225 Medina Road, felt that Medina residents needed some decent major north /south access road. He noted that gravel roads are costly to maintain, that a blacktop road would not ruin the rural atmosphere. He also noted that the City of Medina needs the County's help to put an access road in because of the funding problems. Dick Ziminski, 1095 Brown Road North, felt that the extension would generate traffic from northbound weekend travelers. Martha VanDeVen, 1765 Medina Road, noted that Medina has a plan to pave their own road to eliminate the "dirt" roads and would eliminate the need for an access road. There were no other comments from the public and the public hearing was closed. 5