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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,April 21,2014 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> questions. Thiesse commented a wall would look nice and capture the stairs nicely but that it will not <br /> correct the problem on the upper slope. <br /> Lemke asked how much of the slope will remain. <br /> Sedgwick stated the slope will remain basically the same approximately halfway down. Sedgwick stated <br /> as it relates to the vegetation, over the decades various root systems have taken root into all the slopes <br /> surrounding this body of water but they still succumb to Mother Nature,which is a never-ending issue. <br /> Sedgwick stated the wall will help stop it in a more permanent way. <br /> McGrann asked if the wall will continue to the end of the post. <br /> Sedgwick stated the wall does not go quite all the way and would be tailed into the slope by the post. <br /> McGrann asked if that will be natural grading off the wall to the right of that. <br /> Sedgwick indicated that is correct and that it will be softened at the end with a natural slope. Sedgwick <br /> indicated any fill required would be generated from the excavation that will happen on the site above that <br /> area. <br /> Landgraver stated Commissioner Thiesse has asked some good questions and asked what he feels about <br /> the solutions being proposed. <br /> Thiesse stated he likes the layout and that the wall will do everything the applicant says it will do. <br /> Thiesse noted since it is located in the 0-75 foot zone,the Planning Commission has an obligation to <br /> review it carefully and that in his opinion the geo grid material that is proposed for the upper portion of <br /> the slope would also work on the lower portion. <br /> Leskinen asked what would happen if there was no wall. <br /> Thiesse stated they would need a landscape plan showing how the slope would be stabilized. Thiesse <br /> noted this slope is no different than any other slope along the lake. <br /> Leskinen asked if slope failure is imminent on this slope. <br /> Thiesse stated it is not in his mind. <br /> McGrann asked if the proposed work will put any additional pressure on the slope. <br /> Curtis indicated the work up by the house should not have much impact on the slope. <br /> Sedgwick stated from an engineering standpoint,there will not be any hydraulic pressure from the <br /> excavation up by the house. <br /> Leskinen asked if the stairs will be between the boathouse and the retaining wall. <br /> Sedgwick indicated they will be. <br /> Page 11 of 19 <br />