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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, March 8, 2021 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 20 of 24 <br /> <br />27. LA21-000015 – WILLIAM STODDARD O/B/O MILLER LIVING TRUST, PID 34-118-23-32- <br />0002 – SKETCH PLAN REVIEW – Continued <br /> <br />Barnhart replied the Comprehensive Plan trumps, which is the guidance. <br /> <br />Walsh said right now this is guided at 10 units and the Applicant is at 6 units/acre; he clarified that the <br />City only gets credit for 3 units. <br /> <br />Crosby said there are 12 units here, what is he talking about. <br />Walsh replied in terms of density and providing as many units as the City is supposed to provide for 20 <br />years, if it guides from 3-10 and they only get 3 towards their number. Even if they put 6 at density, the <br />City only gets credit for 3. He does not know if changing and making a whole new zoning district makes <br />a whole lot of sense right now. <br /> <br />Johnson asked if the City Council’s guidance to the Applicant is to do whatever they want within what it <br />is guided for. <br /> <br />Printup noted there are still water issues. <br /> <br />Johnson replied the Applicant still has to meet all those, the Council does not have to grant any <br />cooperation or variances. <br /> <br />Walsh said this is part of the whole conversation with water access through Long Lake and they will not <br />let anyone get water through there at this point. He thinks Long Lake is obligated to on this site, as there <br />is an agreement; that would be a lawyer fight. <br /> <br />Crosby clarified they would be getting the water from Long Lake? <br /> <br />Seals replied yes and she does not think they will give Orono the water. <br /> <br />Walsh said even though they are obligated to, that would just be a fight…although it is a fight they could <br />have. <br /> <br />Printup noted that is a good point and years ago Long Lake said they did not have the capacity. <br /> <br />Olson stated that is the wording on the contract: “if” they have capacity. <br /> <br />Crosby said the negative side is Orono is not trying to push for more density, they have already said the <br />density will go along Highway 12, so they want to minimize density. <br /> <br />Walsh said if they are going to see it, he would rather see it more on the low end on the 3 where that is all <br />they get credit for in the guidance. There is no reason to double it. If the Applicant came back with 3 <br />versus 6, he would probably be more apt to look at it, but the fight on even getting access to water would <br />be an issue. <br /> <br />Johnson clarified it is each building so that is 6 units. <br /> <br />Walsh said there are 10 in there right now but it is 1.7 acres so that is 6 per acre.