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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Tuesday, February 18, 2020 <br />6:00 p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />emergency and other vehicles. He stated that as Commissioner Libby noted, it is nice to see the turn <br />arounds included in the individual properties which he feels is a nice touch. <br /> <br />Mr. Newell explained that was just him putting lead to mylar. He stated that there are no actual proposals <br />for the housing, he just wanted the Commission to be able to see where they might go on the site. <br /> <br />Erickson stated that he is in favor of allowing the flexibility for the three homes to use the cul-de-sac as <br />outlined in the staff report. He stated that is also comfortable with the allowing flexibility in identifying <br />the front lot for Lot 3 along the Outlot A. He noted that he would also support a waiver of the <br />conservation design requirement in lieu of identifying substantial trees. He stated that if there is a way for <br />the southernmost lot to be able to hook up to sanitary sewer, he would encourage that because it would <br />help avoid the problem of crossing the creek. <br /> <br />Mr. Newell reiterated that he does not see how he can get a City sewer line hooked up without creating <br />some major problems with his neighbors. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated that he believes Commissioner Erickson was referring to a low-pressure line which has <br />nothing more than a 2- or 3-inch diameter line and could probably be trenched in. He suggested if that is <br />considered, he gets easements for Lots 1 and 3 because someday they will need to get there too. <br /> <br />Libby explained that there is a precision guided laser boring installation protocol that has been shown to <br />be extremely accurate. <br /> <br />Barnhart suggested that the Commission move on from discussion regarding the sewer design in order to <br />discuss other comments. <br /> <br />Ressler stated that the Commission discussion are the items that Commissioner Erickson outlined from <br />the staff report. He stated that he would also support of all three issues for consideration from the staff <br />report. <br /> <br />Bollis stated that he likes the overall layout and feels it makes sense to him. He stated that conservation <br />design is the only thing that he would object to not going through. <br /> <br />Thiesse asked if he would support doing conservation only on the front two lots. <br /> <br />Bollis agreed that would make sense. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated that Mr. Newell is improving the first part of the driveway and asked if the City had any <br />jurisdiction on him changing the existing driveway since it is already there. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated that it is already there, but generally, what the City tries to do with subdivisions is <br />improve existing conditions and non-conformities, so they do look to make these types of improvements. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated that the City are sticklers for this type of thing and encouraged Mr. Newell to be prepared <br />to defend his decision. <br />