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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Monday, August 17, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 7 Ressler invited the Applicant to the podium. Mr. Tim Whitten of Whitten and Associates development consultants and architects, said he is here with Mark Gronberg, Civil Engineering. From the very beginning working with Staff, they have represented the Jacobs Family Trust, noting they really wanted to develop something that fit the City ordinances and they’ve been working on that all the way through concept and design and that brings them all the way to today. Chair Ressler opened the public hearing at 8:21 p.m. Mr. Kurt Woodhouse, 1800 Shoreline Drive, asked the Applicant what the boat dock situation will be and also on the West side which is now heavily wooded, he is concerned about preservation of trees along the West property line. Mr. Whitten answered regarding the docks, his belief is that there will be individual docks but that will be left up to the property owners who eventually build there, noting if they collectively get together and decide to do one dock that is up to them. He said perhaps Mr. Gronberg could speak about the tree survey. Mr. Mark Gronberg, 110 Leaf Street, said according to the grading plan on Lot 3 on the Southwest corner, the grading comes short of the 30 foot setback line on the side. On Lot 4 the grading is quite a bit to the East of that West line, noting the intention is to save all of the trees along there. Barbara Burwell, 1100 Millston Road, said she is interested from the standpoint of her family’s future and building on their lots for their sons, noting on Lot 6, she is concerned about the very steep bluff and how that would impact the lakeshore setback. She said she also owns property on Green Trees Road which is another area they are looking at building. She asked if that is based on the main house at 1100 Millston Road or 1125 Millston Road or the additional lots. Ms. Burwell said without having anything in mind at this moment, she would like to understand the future and how it would impact her future plans, noting the plotting is very critical to her. She said that is just a comment, she doesn’t think anyone can really answer that but she thinks Lot 6 and Lot 3 drive the future of the Green Trees property. She noted some current buildings on a map, including a caretaker’s house and asked how that would impact her as in the future the hope is that would be changed into a larger home. Ressler said Mr. Barnhart stated earlier when they’re doing a subdivision they establish what that average setback is going to be, assuming that the subdivision can meet the guidelines of minimum acreage, widths, etcetera. Barnhart stated the average lakeshore setback is a question that is very difficult to answer because there are so many moving parts. What he tries to do with a subdivision is to identify the average lakeshore setback for the lots within the subdivision. He noted an area on the map where Lot 6 would approximately be, and noted on the plat they identified the house pad for Lot 3 of Tanager Estates and identified the principal structure for this lot, which is the neighboring lakeshore lot. They drew a line there and wanted to make sure they had house pads that would fit within the setbacks and within the imaginary average lakeshore setback. He stated how that would impact Ms. Burwell’s property is, the average lakeshore setback for this lot will be based on where the next-door lake lot would be, in this case would be Lot 6 and the lake lot to the East, which is the vacant lot. If both lots are vacant, for example, if this subdivision happened and then one month later, she chose to redevelop her property, the setback