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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Tuesday,February 18,2020 <br /> 6:00 p.m. <br /> ROLL CALL <br /> The Orono Planning Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: <br /> Chair Jon Ressler,Commissioners Chris Bollis, Bob Erickson,Matt Gettman, Dennis Libby,and John <br /> Thiesse. Representing Staff were Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart,City Planners <br /> Melanie Curtis and Laura Oakden. <br /> Chair Ressler called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> Gettman moved,Libby seconded,to approve the Agenda for the February 18,2020,Planning <br /> Commission meeting,noting that Item 2 needs to be moved to be considered before Item 6. VOTE: <br /> Ayes 6,Nays 0. <br /> NEW BUSINESS <br /> 1. APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 21, <br /> 2020 <br /> Libby moved,Gettman seconded,to approve the January 21,2020 Planning Commission Meeting <br /> Minutes. VOTE: Ayes 6,Nays 0. <br /> 2. LA20-000001 WEBER ARCHITECT& PLANNERS,2745 KELLEY PARKWAY, <br /> MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN <br /> This item was considered before Item 6. <br /> 3. LA20-000005 GORDON JAMES CONSTRUCTION,2665 CASCO POINT ROAD,AFTER- <br /> THE-FACT VARIANCES,6:02 P.M.—6:45 P.M. <br /> William Haack, Gordon James Construction,was present. <br /> Staff presented a summary of packet information. <br /> Mr. William Haack, Gordon James Construction, 5159 Main Street,Maple Plain, said the company built <br /> a new home for the client who had an old, rundown boathouse which the client wanted to bring up to the <br /> standards of the new home. The company was aware because of the variance earlier granted for the <br /> hardcover on the property of keeping it within the hardcover amount. They also were looking at the <br /> massing, not the volume, and did not consider the gable to be anything outside of the norm of just <br /> freshening up the building. They freshened it up and improved the esthetics. He requested the structure <br /> remain the way it was built. When looking at the hardcover calculations in the as-built relative to the <br /> boathouse and the rest of the land separate from the decking,the builders were under by 74 square feet of <br /> hardcover. The approximately 11-12 square feet of hardcover represented in the area around the sliding <br /> door has not negatively impacted the approved hardcover for the property. He said the deck is an <br /> extension of the dock. It was on the original survey that the original deck was to be removed but it was in <br /> consideration that it was a removable docking section and considered a dock rather than a deck. The <br /> homeowner built the metal frames and the building company put the dock sections on top of it. This <br /> spring they can remove the dock sections and set them aside. They are under the hardcover from the <br /> Page 1 of 30 <br />