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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 13, 2020 6:03 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 16 of 25 location; conservation on the lots; a building footprint that may be undesirable/very costly. They have done a pretty good job on the other lots and are down to the last few where they need to make changes in order to have them buildable. He is hopeful to wrap up the development and have 13 more homes. Crosby said the developer was very thoughtful and did a nice job. Mr. Peterson commented that the sight distance for the driveway is 315 feet and referenced some images in Council members’ packets which illustrated the potential sight line of the potential driveway. Printup noted there was one person who was adversely affected and had a real problem, potentially. He wanted to see on the map where that area would be. Walsh said he thought it was Lot 22, who was three doors down, so they would not be affected directly. Curtis agreed with Walsh and said the owner’s comments were in the packet and thought it was a Mr. Crandall. Printup stated the comment was something about buying the lot and expecting to have some open space and then losing the open space. Curtis said the comment came from the owners of Lot 10 and indicated that area on the map. She said that Mr. Peterson worked out an agreement for some screening. With regard to any of the letters in the packet, if there was a follow-up from the letter, she included that also. She believed their concern was mitigated. Printup asked if there was a switch of some land. Walsh indicated that was in regard to Lot 17. Curtis indicated a hashed area on the map and said the applicant is asking for that area to not be conservation easement and would flip the building site in that location. In conjunction with that, they want to do an administrative action to move the lot line over so the building area is wider on Lot 17 along North Arm Drive. Walsh asked if the conservation would then move to the dark green area on the map. Johnson indicated Walsh was correct. Printup said he is trying to see how it affects the neighbors when they expected something conserved as opposed to things being switched. He stated several years ago when this project was coming about it was very emotional and it was hard to figure out the lot situation at that time but that it is nice to see all of the conservation area. Walsh agreed and said it is nice that they are also adding more conservation area. Curtis indicated on the map the concern that the owners of Lot 10 had. Walsh asked Staff if the Lot 10 owners’ problem had been solved.