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Adams Remarks at Orono City Council Meeting <br />October 10, 2016 <br />But the Balance of the property —19 lots on 10 buildable acres (1.9 units/acre) comes <br />from another playbook. This is not Rural Orono, this is not even Semi Rural Orono. By <br />the consultants own calculations, Half the property (10 acres) will have 1 house/2 acres; <br />the other half, 2 houses/1 acre. Listen carefully, sounds pretty close - but the proposed <br />density on 50% of the property is actually 4x greater than that proposed for the Balance <br />of the property and 4x greater than what has come to be known as "Semi Rural" Orono. <br />This is not the neighborhood we have lived in for 47 years, this density is not in any way <br />similar to The Farm at Long Lake or any of the other residential development in <br />Neighborhood. And contrary to the consultant's assertions, the only way this proposal <br />can "meet the rules" is to "change the rules." I would quote from Staff comments: <br />"the proposed plan would require rezoning and an amendment of (Orono's) <br />Comprehensive Plan." <br />If questions remain, I invite any Council Member to visit our Neighborhood and share <br />more than time tonight allows. <br />On behalf of many who live in the Neighborhood surrounding the Larsen/Mabusth <br />properties, we are asking you, the City Council to give specific direction to the property <br />owners to revise their proposal to live within the existing Zoning and Comp Plan <br />requirements. We would expect this to save considerable time and dollars for the City, <br />the Neighborhood, and property owners. <br />Page 3 <br />