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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL. MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 9e 1987 COUNTY ROAD 15 IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUED financing options for consideration by Council at their December 14th meeting. There has been some concern from the public regarding inclusion and final design of the sidewalks. City Engineer Cook reviewed the assessing area noting the option of assessing the adjacent private and /or commercial property owners. He explained the need to recover .some of the penalty cost for using MSA funds. He felt it was reasonable to expect the adjacent property owners to contribute to this improvement but not mandatory. He felt the main consideration should be the fairness issue. Debbi Lind, 2414 Carman Street, felt that the abutting property owners would not be the only users of the sidewalk noting the sidewalk runs from community to community, therefore felt it unfair to assess only abutting property owners. Liza Crear, owner of the Casco Run building, voiced concern with removing their landscaping and some of their parking area for the sidewalk. In response to a question as to why the sidewalk was necessary, City Engineer Cook stated the County felt it was necessary as a safety issue., Mayor Grabek stated that the Orono, Spring Park, and Mound City Councils agreed with the County regarding keeping the pedestrians off the road and providing sidewalks. Robert Kost, Park Commission Chairman, stated that the Park Commission is in favor of the proposed 2 -sided sidewalks for pedestrians to travel safely between communities. A member of the audience stated they felt there was not enough walking pedestrians between the communities to warrant a sidewalk. The public also responsibility of some cases could be owner. 10 voiced concern with having the snow removal on the sidewalk and in very costly to the abutting property