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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Monday, July 17, 2017 6:30 o'clock p.m. Barnhart stated he does not recall there being two entrances/exits shown on the sketch plan. Barnhart indicated the current driveway has been shifted to line up with Stonebay Lofts. Schoenzeit asked what it would take to get to the 10 percent recreation area. Schoenzeit stated not meeting that says to him the building is too large or the site is too small. Thiesse asked if the trail was included in that. Barnhart indicated it was not and that the three percent was a very general number. Viren Gori Architect, stated there are a couple of areas that probably have not been included in the calculations. Gori noted on the second floor there is a rooftop patio right above the kitchen and a flat roof area to the west can also be added as a patio or seating area. Gori stated another option is to step the building back to create some more flat roof areas but that there are ways to meet the 10 percent. Thiesse asked if the rooftop areas would count. Barnhart stated the target market for this type of building does not use a lot of recreational facilities and that generally rooftop open spaces might be considered but that it is a judgment call. Thiesse asked if the pavilion would be available to the community. Gori indicated it would be. Gori noted only 24 residents are in the independent living area and that the actual number of parking stalls would not need to be more than 24 for residents. Gori stated typically a facility of this size has a permanent staff of six to eight, with the rest being part-time. Gori stated the balance of the parking would be for visitors and that they could potentially accommodate 50 cars for visitors at any time. Lemke asked how many staff would be there during the day. Gori indicated they will have six to ten full-time employees and the rest would be part-time. At night there would be three or four full-time staff. Page 7 of 11