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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, May 10, 2021 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 29 of 34 <br /> <br />16. LA21-000026 – JALIN DESIGN, LLC O/B/O TIM HOLLAND, 1395 ORONO LANE, <br />VARIANCES – RESOLUTION – Continued <br /> <br />Walsh can see some flexibility in saying the applicant can raise it up and they have to live with what is <br />there, or saying they could cut off whatever is in the flood plain and add that on to the back side of the <br />structure. <br /> <br />Johnson agrees. <br /> <br />Crosby said in adding things to the backside that is in essence what they are proposing to do in getting it <br />out of the flood plain. <br /> <br />Mr. Lindgren showed on screen the non-conforming portion and the proposal of setting that in another <br />portion of the structure. <br /> <br />Walsh does not remember the sauna project they talked about and asked if he was here for that. <br /> <br />Curtis thinks Walsh expressed similar concerns and they talked through the flood plain compliance and <br />the reduction of the peak height to the flat roof. She does not want to put words in his mouth but she <br />thinks that is where he saw that there was a practical difficulty. This project is not identical, but is similar. <br /> <br />Mr. Lindgren noted the City shared this information before they went down this venture. He remembers <br />reading through those documents and it was more similar than not. <br /> <br />Curtis noted the other project had two structures, there was one by the house that was rebuilt and another <br />by the lake. <br /> <br />Johnson noted Walsh is consistent, it was the same thing where they flattened out the roof and the <br />Council said okay because the peak height is still lower, it was not a massing increase and it made sense <br />to get it out of the flood zone. <br /> <br />Walsh does not remember that, but he noted they are trying to tell him there is precedent for doing this. <br /> <br />Curtis replied yes, they did not move the building but in this instance they are pulling it back from the <br />lake in light of the neighbors. <br /> <br />Walsh clarified they did not move the building? <br /> <br />Johnson said no, the Council allowed them to increase their overall height to not move it out so the <br />finished floor would be above the flood plain. He thinks Walsh said he would rather not have them move <br />it and increase the height than have them move it a quarter of an inch. <br /> <br />Mr. Lindgren asked if there are flood plain and flood zone differences? <br />