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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 12, 2007 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 19 (#07-3250 Philip Carlson, Continued) White inquired whether the retaining wall would be located on somebody else’s property. Shopek stated the wall is located on the adjacent property but that they do have a signed easement with that property owner and that the wall would be maintained by the Amber Woods association. Gina Carlson noted they are replacing the railroad ties that are currently located on that person’s property and would be upgrading the wall. McMillan inquired whether the sidewalk located along Highway 12 would stay as is. Shopek stated it would. Kellogg commented he felt the 50-foot recommendation was a compromise since the City’s code requires 70 feet for a commercial road and 50 feet for a residential development. Kellogg stated the applicants are proposing a 24-foot roadway face to face and a 25-foot easement, which would cover the back of curb to back of curb. Kellogg noted the City would not have any rights to store snow along the roadway. White noted this is not a full street and that the wider road would cause one of the units to be out of compliance. Gaffron stated the road would be privately plowed. City Attorney Brokl suggested cross easements be obtained with the abutting property owners rather than an easement in favor of the public. Brokl noted it is a private driveway and that the snow removal would be the responsibility of the property owners. Bremer inquired how the City is able to ensure that access would be given to the City. Brokl stated that would be one trade-off with the cross easements. Bremer stated she would not prefer the roadway be closed off to the public. Shopek stated they possibly could do 30 feet, which may not be enough for snow storage. Shopek stated it basically is a shared driveway among property owners but other people would be able to drive through the site. White inquired whether the general public could drive through the site. Brokl stated it would depend on the language. Gaffron stated there was not an easement granted to the public and that it was a cross easement in the prior application. Gaffron stated the intent for the future was to develop a quasi system of service roads from essentially the Service 800 building to the senior housing site. Item #03 - CC Agenda - 03/26/07 Approval of Council Minutes 03/12/07 [Page 9 of 19]