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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 1 d; 199( • (Corridor Selection for Hwy 12 Upgrade - Continued) Jenney suggested no vote be taken for the following reasons: He questioned why the L. 1..r_ +_.1 L__r.. ..1_--_t. -.-_ L 1111eG lane VE1t1V11 WQJ 11VL i'Lljcepleu Jliggesting it was because it was developed by someone else. He said the facts relative to the number of homes was wrong. Jenney said he-, s told 13 homes were afT'erter1 and information nvinte to ,40 hr%meg Tenney Says it is not hard to do due diligence. He reported that Mn/DOT said they were unable to f.., + l: r F L. (x * . 7 ♦:1 T1,T 1. '7 7 C 1 •tL out 1,....ing +L... consLl Ucl a list Vl 11omes allfba .0 unill 1 \V V\,L11VC1 /. Jcnncy 1c1,1J wil11V UL having Lllc facts, the right decision cannot be made. Jenney said Jabbour and Goetten suggested r1tizens mAPtings, Te..nnAV s11ggP.$ts in(iiviriiial mPPtingc anri fP.P.ls the. r:1t17Ans have not been heard outside of the public forum. Jenney said he spoke with City Administrator Moorse on this date. He asked Moorse if +t 1.1 r�1 _ _. r ..� a 1a +1. 11 'a 1' L110 vole WAS reversible Or it the nexL t.VUllcll could reverse 1110 vole. He sal' a was informed that Moorse was unsure. Jenney said the decision made may or may not be hinrlina TPnnev fPPk therP Shnl„ d hP rhiP rliliaPnrP to find nijt the farts nntina there is no aa --- -- a . rush as the Council has 120 days past November 21. Jenney said the issue of a binding vote shoulu be deteri nirled prier tC the vote. John Offerman, 330 Silver Meadow Drive, Orono, noted that an issue of concern has not been auur e$$eu. He aslCeu the rvunPii 11 they' vote in u`vvr of thi$ prvpv$ui that a contract be drawn ensuring that the two lane highway would not be expanded to four or • six lanes in the. fianre. , Callahan resnnnded that there was no method to get four lanes into the proposed right -of -way. Callahan said Mn/DOT should consider four lanes now to see if there :vas the land available if that is theur intent. Callahan :vas of the opinion that Mn/DOT would come back with such a proposal in 20 years if the population does grow LV the "west. CQllahall Jaiu nv, UVCS llVL, llvvvcvcl, VG110VC gaining LVVV lallca 11VW is an effort to get four lanes in the future and lessens the possibility for the need for four lanes QfPPrman reitPratPri his rPrnlPSt fnr a rnntrart limiting the hiahwav to twn lanes The Council was also asked if any one of them was affected by the corridor in regards to their rPSir1Pnrec nr himine.gpQ Tt uuaS nntPrl that nn nnP nn the Cnlinnil is afT'Pr.terl Jim Murphy, 30 Orono Orchard Road, said he came away from the mediation meetings ,11rith the belief that Mn/r)()T has Come'Un �lrith an alternati�rP that all Pan adopt. He noted that how rational or irrational people are is directly dependent on how they will be +0A >, +L,0 1 Nau t, i 1, 7 ct, +L,e to k a allc�,wu Vy Llll, proposal. lvl rplly saiu 1e was prCuu vl IIVVV Llll, peoplc VJvr eu w jculcl on the three lade proposal. He feels that the alternative is a "done deal" and the vote should be. made. He.. asked that all of the neop1P pull together. HP. implored the. Mayor to pay attention to those affected noting they are angry and hurt. Callahan responded to the truth of Murphy's statement. He agreed that people affected :l'- +:. , .1 L.. ..._ +t. 'A . 1 .+ .,1 !` 11 L. :A +1. !, ... 11 •+ will Ve emo Lloual wllelevel Llle cV11iuV1 iJ locateu. -all allat, saiu Me %_Oul1c:j yAlili dV all IL can to lessen the problems. He noted that the general issues concerning mitigation of • imnartc hrnl laht forward bV T .nna T .nkp dPgPrvP ,prini m attentinn. 15