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Council Agenda - June 11, 1974 Page 2 have put myself and Dexter down for payment of our unused accumulated vacation days and one-third of the accumulated sick days , which we currently have. It has been the policy of the City in the past to normally pay the vacation and one-third of the accumulated sick leave and I am just making the assumption that that policy will also apply to Mr. Marston and myself. AGENDA ITEMS 3-5. As you know, Dave Opheim is the newly elected chairman of the Park Commission and he will be coming before you on Tuesday night to give a series of reports on various aspects of the Park Commission projects and planning stages it is in. The agenda may not necessarily reflect all the items, though I think that I have gotten most of them listed. Dave may have additonal reports to give at the last minute. As far as number 3 is concerned, the Park Commission felt that that piece of property where the proposed Zeanchock and Roelofs restaurant was being requested would not be ideal property for park land. A letter to that affect is in your packet. Item number 4 is a report in which the Park Commission is requesting that the Council take a look at the purchase of a piece of property north of Stubbs Bay, which is known as the old creamery property and is actually in the northwest intersection of where the Luce Line Trail crosses Stubbs Bay Road. It appears that we may have an opportunity to purchase this property. Also Item number 5 , Dave has talked to me in regard to park facilities between Dunwoody and Casco Point and as I recall from memory, the opportunity of additional park facilities in there does not look to good other than the fact that Casco Circle itself may have some future potential in that area if the deed restrictions and concerns can be resolved. 16. You have in your packet a proposal being made to the City of Orono for the use of a motorcycle this summer by our Police Department for the primary purpose of patrol and being able to enter into areas which police cars have not been able to enter before. There is some concern among members of the police department that the Luce Line Trail is impossible to patrol with a car and that �here are from time to time motorcyclists and other violators on the trail and with that problem it is felt that a motorcycle on our own department may provide better coverage in these inaccessable areas. At the present time, the Orono Police Department only has one individual who is capable of driving a motorcycle and that is Gary Cheswick. If this vehicle would be used, it would be assigned to him and be used on his patrol. According to some members of the police department, they know where we can get at reasonable cost the accessory items needed for the motorcycle and the additional insurance coverage for a motorcycle would be a premium of $90 . 00. Both the Chief of Police and myself have some trepidation in regard to accepting a motorcycle on the force for there is a fear that if a hot pursuit takes place, we are simply exposing a man on a motorcycle to a greater danger of accident and severe personal injury. The key to a success of a motor- cycle on a police department will have to rest on a very strong set of guidelines and standards to the driver. The City must insure that the driver understands this is not a hot pursuit vehicle but it is, used simply for the purpose of patrolling as well as poking into the in- accessable �reas. This community as well as all the communities in the metropolitan area spend a lot of money on radios to put in police cars