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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,March 17,2014 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Geer indicated it would not be a dense flagstone pattern and it is proposed to be single steppers spaced <br /> two feet apart. The hardcover calculation for that would comprise approximately 100 square feet and is <br /> not necessarily something that would be included in the plan at this point. <br /> Curtis noted that hardcover would require a variance. <br /> Landgraver asked if there will be vegetation to the right of the west deck. <br /> Geer pointed out the areas of vegetation. Geer noted the drawing is somewhat inaccurate and that some <br /> elements are no longer planned to be included within the plan. <br /> Leskinen stated she is wondering why a permit was not sought when the notification from the City last <br /> March was pretty clear that a permit was required for any movement outside of the rip-rap. Leskinen <br /> stated she has a question why the permit was not applied for until after the work was started. <br /> Nelson indicated when he was brought on to the project in the late fall, he was inaccurately directed on <br /> what was applied for and what was not. Since that time the front walkway has been completed within the <br /> same footprint as the previous concrete walkway. Work was then started on the larger patio. The walls <br /> were constructed as well as the pavers installed. At that point Nelson indicated he talked to Staff about <br /> the project and the various things that needed to be done prior to any further work being completed. <br /> Geer indicated there was a different project team involved with demolishing the three-season porch and <br /> that they did not have any communication with them. Geer stated they were not aware of the stipulations <br /> prior to notification from City Staff. <br /> Lemke asked if a demolition permit was required. <br /> Curtis indicated it is and that a permit had been issued in March of last year. <br /> Chair Leskinen opened the public hearing at 7:05 p.m. <br /> Jim Zimmerman, 2745 Shadywood Road, indicated he has resided next to this property for approximately <br /> 22 years and that Mr. Randgaard has resided there for approximately ten years. Zimmerman stated in his <br /> view Mr. Randgaard has been probably the worst possible neighbor that anyone could have. There have <br /> been numerous police calls to the property and it has been cited previously as an unruly house. <br /> Zimmerman stated when he first met Tom, he was told by him that he is going to have a lot of bashes at <br /> the house, which has proven to be true. <br /> Zimmerman indicated Mr. Randgaard has lived there a couple of brief occasions, with the house being <br /> abandoned for approximately two and a half years with the utilities shut off. In addition, the landscape <br /> was left to go wild and the gutters have fallen off. Zimmerman stated this has been a problem property in <br /> the past and that at one time Mayor Gabriel Jabbour caught Mr. Randgaard bringing tankers on to the <br /> property and the police were called. <br /> Zimmerman stated there was never a deck in that area. The two owners who lived there prior to Mr. <br /> Randgaard constructed a fully enclosed hot tub room off the master bedroom. <br /> Page 8 of 26 <br />