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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 28, 1996 • ( #2. - Preliminary Layout County Road 6 Reconstruction Continued) However, the actual impact would be substantially greater because of additional grading. The grading would affect an additional 14 foot wide area. Callahan noted a design change at the Hunt Farm Road and County Road 6 intersection. Callahan opened discussion to the public. James Carpenter, 4380 Sixth Avenue North asked where the stop signs would be. Theis indicated there would be one stop sign from north bound McCulley Road to west bound County 6. Carpenter indicated there was a large amount of traffic using the roadway at the present time. He also indicated some drivers do not honor the stop sign at the present time and he was concerned about the speed on the road. Bob Pierce, 4720 Watertown Road stated the curve should be reduced. Theis stated the curve had been flattened. Pierce agreed with that change. Larry McCartney, 755 Hunt Farm Road asked why the roadway was moved closer to the entrance to Hunt Farm Road instead of moving it to the south. Theis stated there was a corridor on the north side of the road that could be used with less impact on • homesteads on both the north and the south side of the road. McCartney questioned why impact the north side. Theis stated using the Outlot on the north side has less impact than using people's front yards on the south side. At the last meeting he understood that to be the direction indicated. Dick Flint indicated the bike trail was brought up at the last meeting. Both the County and the City's plans show a bike trail on this roadway. Using a suburban design, there is room for a path within the currently proposed R -O -W limits. Hun asked how much room would there be between the shoulder of the road and bike path with an urban plan. Flint stated 8 feet from the curb to the edge of the bike path if you use the urban section. Flint stated you would have the driving lane first at 12 feet, then you have an 8' shoulder, then you have a curb, then you have an 8' area, then you have a bike path beyond that. A resident asked if the sight distance at Hunt Farm Road would be worse with this new layout. Theis indicated it would not be worse. A resident asked if there was any other way, such as putting in a four -way stop, of doing improvements to Six and making it compatible with what was done to the west. It seems people living along the road will have a hard time getting out on the road at the rush hour. All you are doing is speeding traffic up to get to the bottle neck. Is there any way of saying we can try a four -way stop or a stop and go light. is 2