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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, June 18, 2018 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />5. LA18-000055 PAUL VOGSTROM, 2709 WALTERS PORT LANE, SKETCH PLAN, <br />6:49 P.M. — 8:07 P.M. — Continued <br />Hueler stated in his view more people would have been here if they had known about the meeting but that <br />a lot of people are watching what is happening here and that there likely will be more feedback. <br />Hueler indicated the last phone call he had with Sue Dunkley was where she said she would sue them, <br />which she did the next day, and that she said they will get another lot categorically. Hueler questioned <br />whether there are people in authority that have given her that kind of feedback. Hueler stated he has a <br />concern with that and that it has been a frustrating process. <br />There were no further public comments regarding the sketch plan. <br />Thiesse noted the first discussion point listed in Staff's report is that the Commission and Council should <br />discuss the appropriate level of flexibility for a subdivision. Thiesse asked if they require one acre. <br />Curtis stated that is necessary for a lot with frontage on a road. <br />Thiesse asked if they meet that. <br />Curtis stated it is unclear at this point and that it sounds like the applicants are proposing the access as an <br />outlot that stops and that this would be their frontage on a substandard road. <br />Eric Vogstrom stated the new lot would be one acre and that currently the site is five acres. <br />Erickson noted at the time of the original proposal the minutes reflect that there were considerable <br />differences of opinion between the neighbor and the applicant regarding the legal description and other <br />elements of the proposal and that he is just wondering if those differences have been addressed. <br />Hueler stated the topic of the lawsuit is the Dunkleys want to overthrow the easements that have been in <br />place for decades but that the current easement is still in place. <br />Thiesse asked if he has an easement, <br />Hueler stated they have two easements. One easement is to use the 600 feet of roadway from the gate to <br />their home and the second easement is from Kelly Avenue to the gate. That easement has an undivided <br />interest for three homes to share that little strip of road. Hueler stated in his view what is being proposed <br />with the new lot crossing the driveway is that everyone is going to use that driveway, which they say is <br />going to Walters Port, but that most vehicles will use it to get to Pence Lane <br />Vogstrom stated what is in dispute is the access easement before the gate, which was really the big <br />opposition when they formally brought the plan before the Planning Commission the first time. <br />Vogstrom noted they presented a sketch plan before that meeting and that the sketch plan received full <br />support from Staff and Mr. Hueler. Vogstrom indicated they have been working on a driveway that will <br />have less impact for the neighbors and that they basically have been just trying to accommodate what the <br />neighbors would like to see happen. <br />Thiesse stated when he drove through the property the last time, there were a lot of trees removed. <br />Vogstrom stated there have been trees removed and that the landscape designer can address that. <br />Page 10 of 21 <br />