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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,July 21,2014 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Mack stated the residents on Baldur Park Road also submitted a petition to the City Council asking them <br /> to consider reconstructing the roadway. <br /> Schoenzeit stated he attended the July 14 meeting. There was a presentation on the large area of Baldur <br /> Park Road was flooded and what portions of the road are below 932.5. In addition, Dennis Walsh spoke <br /> about the police addition and the cost overruns as well as the lack of enforcement of City Codes. The <br /> Orono Public Schools application was approved as well as the Northern Avenue application. A <br /> discussion was held regarding the large number of trees that were being removed as part of that <br /> development from what was originally proposed and as a result the City Council requested the applicant <br /> submit a new landscaping plan. <br /> Schoenzeit stated the vacation of the easement for Wolverton Place was approved, with a lengthy <br /> discussion on the amount of fee reimbursement. The City Council also requested the encroachment <br /> agreement for Joseph Church be more specific on the items encroaching on the fire lane. <br /> Gaffron stated the Lakeview application will be before the City Council on June 28. Gaffron indicated <br /> the revised sketch plan will likely show 2-acre lots, no public trail, and 47 units. <br /> 8. OTHER ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION <br /> Mack noted last week he presented a webinar overview of all of the code changes in the Minnesota 2014 <br /> legislative session that have anything to do with planning/zoning/annexation laws, etc. Mack stated there <br /> is a case coming out of Bloomington that will be before the Minnesota Supreme Court dealing with <br /> conditional use permits and the ability for a City to deny a conditional use permit. Mack indicated he <br /> would send out a link to the webinar to the Planning Commission if they are interested in reviewing that. <br /> ADJOURNMENT <br /> Leskinen moved, Schoenzeit seconded,to adjourn the Orono Planning Commission meeting at 9:37 <br /> p.m. VOTE: Ayes 7,Nays 0. <br /> ATTEST: <br /> ls-led'e <br /> Denise Leskinen, Chair <br /> Page 30 of 30 <br />