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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday, September 15,2014 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Berg stated maybe the answer is three units to limit the impact. <br /> Thiesse stated the Planning Commission does not have control over that. <br /> Schoenzeit noted it is zoned and guided for four homes. <br /> Landgraver stated fundamentally there has been some good discussion and that perhaps the applicants <br /> have experience with these types of discussions before and that it might be good to take a time out and <br /> talk to the neighbors. <br /> Lemke indicated he is in agreement with Council Member Landgraver. Lemke stated the water issues <br /> and traffic are major concerns. <br /> McGrann stated the City will need to deal with the flooding and traffic issues whether it is single-family <br /> lots or higher density. McGrann stated when you have a group of people that purchase or invest or own <br /> homes, if what is being developed is in there at the time they purchase the property,they understand it, <br /> but when you start changing the zoning to potentially something different,people have a different <br /> reaction. <br /> Thiesse stated he agrees wholeheartedly with that. Based on the City's Code,the applicants could <br /> construct four large homes as well as two driveways,which may be worse than what is being proposed. <br /> Thiesse stated with this much pushback from the neighbors and the fact that there is a Comprehensive <br /> Plan Amendment required,he cannot be in support of it. <br /> Berg asked if the application needs to be presented differently based on what Mr.Mack had stated earlier. <br /> Mack stated that is his understanding. Mack stated he came into this project after the sketch plan and that <br /> both he and Gaffron met with the developers. Mack stated he would like to have Mike Gaffron comment <br /> a little bit on where the breakdown was in Staff's interpretation of the Code. Mack stated he would like <br /> to apologize to the applicants but that he wants to make sure that what the City is doing is correct <br /> according to the City's laws. <br /> Page 27 of 59 <br />