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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 8, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 10 of 21 Walsh said that is part of the problem; sometimes you don’t find the stuff until someone needs a variance and they come in, City Staff goes out and sees it, and wonders where all of that came from. Johnson said it is also the City’s opportunity to clean up some of these things because sheds down by the lake are not something the City is promoting. He would be careful about the long-term consequences of letting someone move one, because the City has been pretty rigid on not letting people move things even an inch. He thinks that is hard for someone new in the area to understand, but it is their job because they see a big picture of it all. He said the shed should be removed, anyway. Walsh indicated it would be possible to move the stairs around to go around the shed. He agrees that the City has not let anyone move anything in the 0-75 whether it was supposed to be there, is there, or was grandfathered in. He told Mr. Adams the good news is, he has a shed by the lake; the bad news is, he has to live with where the shed is located. He can fix it up, make it look beautiful, but he has to stay with the volume and the gable, or whatever it happens to have, as a roof. Mr. Adams asked, if the moving of the shed was going to be declined, could he still have a vote for the stairs. Walsh indicated they would be approving the stairs, but they are not going to approve moving the shed. Johnson moved, Printup seconded, to approve the stairs. If the Applicant has to move the stairs, Staff approves adjustments within reason to try to work around the shed if Mr. Adams wants to keep the shed, but the moving of the shed is denied. Barnhart noted, for the Council’s understanding, stairs are a permitted improvement. The variance is the retaining wall associated with the construction of the stairs and there might be some flexibility in terms of the location that Staff can approve. Johnson said Dale Gustafson was the landslide guy that came at one time and is a good guy trying to get things stabilized. He is assuming they are doing the right things with the retaining wall. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 16. LA20-000027 – BOB ERICKSON, 365 WESTLAKE STREET, SKETCH PLAN Staff presented a summary of the packet memorandum. Bob and Lisa Erickson, 365 Westlake Street. Mr. Erickson said his goal is to combine the land at 364 Westlake Street with the south 127 feet of Westlake Street while dedicating land for a new cul-de-sac. He believes this could be accomplished by the approval of a single lot replat resulting from a Class 3 subdivision. The new cul-de-sac would be centered on the same point that was used in 1999 when he received a lot line rearrangement on the east side of Westlake Street for his house at 372 and another lot at 364. At that time, the City agreed to a 40-foot radius on the east side of the street. The new additional cul- de-sac area shows a 50-foot radius. The new portion will be big enough to provide on-street parking. Since the area added is larger than the amount dedicated, a new lot at 1.19 acres will be slightly nonconforming in the two-acre zone. He is also offering to pay a $100,000 park dedication fee and to remove 2, 286 square feet of pavement hardcover from the south end of the street. 59% of the hardcover