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W" ' — <br />I •f <br />I <br />1 <br />■i <br />! <br />MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, November 21,2005 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />2. Submittal of suitable landscape plans, tree preservation and augmentation plans showin^; how <br />3. <br />development of the site can meet the City ’s Conservation Design goals. <br />Submittal of written confirmation that MCWD wi'.l accept the 2000 square feet wetls nd <br />filling as proposed for Lot 8. <br />Gaflion indicated the applicant has only recently submitted recommendations from Appliec Ecological <br />Services dated November 18,2005, with regards to Conservation Design. Staff has only had a chance to <br />briefly review this material prior to tonight’s meeting. <br />Bohl stated he met with Shardlow & Associates regarding the Rural Oasis corridor and Conservation <br />Plan. Bohl indicated he has submitted the results of the meeting with Doug Mensing, AES, who has <br />written a letter outlining his recommendations for the site. <br />Bohl stated the AES classified the site, which historically has been used for farming, as degraded, and that <br />ecologically the site, especially Ouilot B, can be improved by bringing some of the native plantings back <br />on the site. Bohl indicated the recommendations of the Park Commission would also be incorporated into <br />the plan. <br />Rahn inquired whether the applicant is receptive with the recommendations from AES. <br />Bohl stated he is and that they would be incorporating the AES’s recommendations into the landscape <br />plan. <br />Rahn inquired whether the applicant has received a letter from the Walerslied District approving the fill, <br />E 'hi stated they are requ’rcd to have preliminary plat approval prior to going before the Watershed <br />District. <br />Gaffron stated he has indicated to the applicant that he would be willing to speak with the Watershed <br />District regarding this application and would make the request that the MCWD make some preliminary <br />findings on the fill. <br />Bohl indicated he did receive an e-mail from the MCWD stating they were allowed up to the maximum of <br />2000 feet of fill on the prior plan. <br />PAGE 3 <br />i