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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 9, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 18 of 22 (17. HANLON AVENUE EXTENSION PETITION, Continued) Zohara stated there is accountability and responsibility by the City and at this point, since the City has been made aware of potential ramifications of an emergency situation, that it is now a situation that needs to be dealt with in some sort of fashion. Levang asked if she would be willing to pay for the cost of the study. Zohara indicated she has been a taxpayer of Orono for 30 years and that she does not feel like that is her responsibility. Printup asked how many other neighbors are serviced by the alley. Zohara indicated none. Struve indicated the other residences have access off of Hanlon Avenue. Struve stated the Public Works Department could work with the resident on erecting some signage. Levang stated she is not opposed to signage but that she has a concern with approving the study since the property is for sale and may be redeveloped at some point in the future. Mattick stated the issue is locating the property. Mattick noted narrow roads and private roads are not new to Orono and that this is not the first home serviced by a private road. The question is whether the City would like to spend money to extend Hanlon Avenue or whether signage should be erected. Mattick indicated he is not sure whether the alley is controlled by the City. Bremer asked if the homeowner is amenable to signage. Zohara stated that is a viable solution but the problem that she has is that a number of people are now relying on their GPS and that she is not sure how erecting a sign would help those people. Zohara stated there would need to be a sign on the alley and then also a sign on Hanlon Avenue directing people to the alley. Zohara indicated she also is not sure how emergency response people find different addresses and that perhaps that should be checked as well. Struve stated it would involve two different signs, one at the alley and then one for the people traveling westbound on Dickenson directing people to the alley for 565 Hanlon. Struve stated the Public Works Department could create the signage and erect it in a very short period of time. Bremer stated in her view the signage should be done fairly quickly, with the property owner being given the opportunity to review the signage, and then the City could perhaps review this if there are still complaints. Levang moved, Bremer seconded, to direct the Public Works Department to create and erect signage providing direction to 565 Hanlon Avenue as soon as possible. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 0.