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MINUTES OF THE
<br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION
<br /> Monday,June 15,2020
<br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m.
<br /> Mr. Heath Burris, 15535 52nd Place North, Plymouth, said he is the builder and has built a few homes on
<br /> this lake and other lakes in the metro area. In other cities around Lake Minnetonka,they have come up
<br /> with a joint engineered plan with the watershed, like Minnehaha Watershed District,to help offset the
<br /> additional hardcover. He said he would like the Commission to take into consideration, in trying to offset
<br /> the additional 2%,they have come up with joint engineering plans to make a french drain/french garden,
<br /> where they are taking a certain percentage of rainwater off of the roof and putting it into a french
<br /> drain/garden, which offsets some of the additional stormwater because they are going over the 25%total
<br /> hardcover.
<br /> Chair Ressler closed the public hearing at 6:32 p.m.
<br /> Erickson moved,Libby seconded,to approve LA20-000037 Tim Hanson,2645 Casco Point Road,
<br /> Variance,and noted he would approve all of the variances.Roll Call Vote: Ayes 6(Libby,Erickson,
<br /> Bollis,Kirchner, Gettman,Ressler),Nays 0.
<br /> 2. LA20-000039 JOHN& SHERRY GORMAN,3585 FREDERICK STREET,VARIANCE,
<br /> 6:34 P.M. - 6:50 P.M.
<br /> Sherry Gorman,Applicant,was present.
<br /> Staff presented a summary of packet information.
<br /> Ms. Sherry Gorman, 3585 Frederick Street, said she and her husband bought the house 11 years ago.
<br /> When they were looking for a house on the lake,they were not looking for a pool,although this house did
<br /> have a pool, which has its own significant hardcover requirements.They loved that the house sits on a
<br /> hill,the view is amazing, it is on the far end of Carman Bay,and has a southern exposure. They saw the
<br /> size of the house being relatively small to be able to still fit their needs as they moved into retirement. She
<br /> stated there are several things that make the lot unique, one of which is the lot itself is a triangle. They
<br /> own 23 feet at the lake and 130 feet by the street. Their house is built up on the hillside which requires
<br /> retaining walls, sidewalks, and walkways. The driveway is very long and loops around in a circle.A
<br /> couple of things that make the house unique is that it was built in 1966, when most families were one-car
<br /> families. It is currently a two-car garage. It also has limitations in terms of the ceiling height in the garage.
<br /> The back half is only six feet and nine inches and the front half is only nine feet,so it does not allow for a
<br /> lot of storage. Their practical difficulty is the lack of storage. They have a need to store patio furniture,
<br /> ladders, and paddleboards.They currently rent a storage unit at Metro Storage in Spring Park for$200 a
<br /> month/$2,400 a year. It is not the dollar amount that is prohibitive. However, each year they have to rent a
<br /> truck,go to and from the storage unit 3-4 times. They load up the cart,pull the cart to the truck, load up
<br /> the truck, drive home,unload the truck, and carry it to the back yard. The bottom line is,they are getting
<br /> kind of old. She referenced the plan for the three-car garage and said they would basically lay it on top of
<br /> the current driveway and would give back the rest of the leg of the driveway so they can reduce their
<br /> hardcover, which was over when they purchased the house. She referenced a close-up view of the six-nine
<br /> area of the garage and said they are looking for that area to be the area for the new storage unit. They
<br /> would wall off the area with the six-nine ceiling, put their patio furniture there, and add a backdoor access
<br /> to be able to carry things to and from the backyard. The three-car garage would sit on top of what the
<br /> current driveway is today. She discussed the elevation drawing. She said on the neighbor's side they tried
<br /> to make it appealing to them by adding rock all the way around to make it look consistent with the front
<br /> of the house and then add unique windows,etc., in the back so it did not look like they were adding a wall
<br /> that would be facing them. Their neighbors have indicated they are very pleased with what they see. She
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