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Recommendation <br />City staff and the city attorney have not identified a public interest in vacating the right-of-way, which <br />provides the only public lake access on the east side of Lake Orono. The Parks and Recreation Master <br />Plan identifies connections to the rivers/water as an important community interest and the DNR opposes <br />the York Street vacation. For these reasons, staff recommends denial of the request. <br /> <br />Staff’s recommendation is to deny the request, maintain public ownership of the only lake access on the <br />east side of Lake Orono, and to solve a unique private property issue with the following: <br /> <br />1.Prepare a license agreement for the property west of the subject right-of-way (75-413-0240) <br />permitting the use of a fire pit and boat dock within the right-of-way and establishing rights for <br />future maintenance of the driveway. <br /> <br />2.Post signage stating no public parking or driving on the driveway is allowed. <br /> <br />3.Upon approval of the DNR, remove the concrete boat landing. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Location Map <br /> <br /> <br />Taxes/Property Value Spreadsheet <br /> <br /> <br />James Neilson correspondence dated January 6, 2016 and attachments <br /> <br /> <br />Resolution denying the request to vacate the York Street right-of-way <br /> <br /> <br />Resolution granting the request to vacate the York Street right-of-way <br /> <br />