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REGULAR MEETING OF THE ORONO COUNCIL, JUNE 8 , 1981 Page 3 � A He felt if he could get a culvert to come NORTH SHORE DRIVE/ further into his property and some fill HIGHWOOD SEWER the problem would be solved. Mayor VanNest asked John Gerhardson , Public Works if this was feasible and John stated it was . Mayor VanNest moved, Paurus seconded that if this project was ordered the City would accept the staff recommendations of asses:�ing 5 units that would include the 25 , 000 sq. ft. Kovac/Johnson site and it would declare the Crooker lot to be unbuildable. Motion : Ayes (4) Nays (0) Mayor VanNest explained the reason the eost WILLOW DRIVE CLOSURE of the cul-de-sacs was only $3 ,550. 00 was because that most of the shoulder existed and the city labor was $550. 00. He also stated that the city had traffic counts that were taken again at the request of the last meeting. The counts were taken on the 30th of April through the lowest spot on Willow just south of Fox Street, there werP 213 cars c locked on that day. There v�ere 3 g cars clocked on Shevlin going up into Webber Hills. And on the other end of Willow Drive cominq onto County 146 there were 315 cars. The tWo entrances gainq into Webber Hills from Fox St. there was 111 cars , from County 146 there was 198 cars . There were approximately 1500 cars on County Road 146 . We clocked exactly 1470 right out on Willow Dr. , and clocked 1527 just south of Fox St. on Brown Road and clocked 1609 cars just north of Fox St. on Brown Rd. Fox St. generally looks like 500 cars going through. Fox St. just west of Willow Dr, had 590 cars and there were 504 goinq north on Willow north of Fox St. . It looked at this time somewhat consistent as to what counts we had before. Mayor VanNest asked for any comments and Mrs . S.G. McWilliams asked that the council think about thejoggers and bicyclist that use that road to get to the Luce Line. She says she just cannot understand why the city is even thinking about closing this road. Mayor VanNest explained that a lot of thinking has gone into this and our popula-- tion is going to grow in Orono, and to the communities west of Orono, and the city knows as time goes on there will be more people usinq these roads .