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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,July 13, 2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Walsh stated he did not recall. He noted there are four docks in the area where the one dock is visible, <br /> having just been in the area around the 4th of July. <br /> Johnson asked if the shed has always been there. He said someone called in about the docks and said they <br /> were being rented and was questioning the shed. He indicated everyone received an email the previous <br /> day titled"Comments on sketch plan,"although Staff was not included on it. <br /> Walsh and Crosby stated their email did not download. <br /> Johnson said they could ask the Applicant about that. He asked where the cul-de-sac was on the photo <br /> being displayed. <br /> Staff indicated the area of the cul-de-sac on the displayed photo. <br /> Crosby asked where the proposed house would be. <br /> Rief indicated the areas where the two houses would be on the displayed photo. <br /> Johnson said that was all he needed because he was at the property earlier and was not sure where they <br /> were talking about. <br /> Mr. Frederick Puzak, 1340 Baldur Park Road, a resident for 27 years, said the question is, what to do with <br /> an acre of land. Lots 21-27, which has a cabin built in 1900 that would be removed, contain over an acre <br /> of land above the 929.4 ordinary high-water level. Less than 5%of the land is wetland. The proposal <br /> provides for two building sites on an acre of land in the spirit of the Y2-acre zoning. They put in a large <br /> cul-de-sac in order to make Staff happy which takes up some of the lot area.Because the topography rises <br /> as it goes to the northwest, the cul-de-sac has to be kept on Lot 27 because it cannot be built on a slope. <br /> Otherwise, access to the higher ground will be too steep. The architect, Gronberg, has two possible well- <br /> spaced home sites with over 100 feet between them and the neighbor to the east. The original builder was <br /> looking for more density. Per recommendation by the Council/Planning Commission, the density has <br /> been reduced to two dwelling units per acre, though some of it is cul-de-sac. He has not spoken to anyone <br /> in the neighborhood who is in favor of the cul-de-sac. If that is what City Staff wants, that is what is being <br /> proposed. He does not want it to look like Bloomington or Brooklyn Park,this is Baldur Park,but that is <br /> the compromise he is making to try to make a long-needed terminus to Baldur Park Road and to put some <br /> lots on underutilized land that were platted 120 years ago for cabins. He said many of the lots to the east <br /> on Baldur Park Road are 50-foot lots and in a floodplain. There is some floodplain on the property but it <br /> is not wetland. It has been professionally delineated, and the delineation shows that less than 5%of the <br /> property is wetland. He tried to make compromises and keep everybody happy and thinks Mr. Gronberg <br /> has come up with a very viable, creative solution. He is hoping the Council finds it merits approval. <br /> Johnson asked if there were two sets of docks. <br /> Mr. Puzak said there are docks at the cabin. There are also docks associated with the house farther up the <br /> hill. They are both accessory uses to the existing structure on Lot 25. The docks will go away if the <br /> proposal is approved. <br /> Walsh asked if Mr. Puzak was renting the docks. <br /> Page 13 of 19 <br />