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r <br />IVUNUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLAN7S1NG COMNHSSION MEETING <br />Monday, June 17,2002 <br />6:30 o*clock p.m. <br />Mr. Stephenson maintained that the land alteration on the overhead slide had been corrected. 1 he <br />e.xisting grade is currently 2.9, since much of the fill tends to settle by one third over time. He believed <br />the silt fencing in place as of late had worked effectively in containing the fill. He asked if the sides <br />could be approved if the current slope is 3:1. <br />Although feedback from the Cit>' Engineer had not been collected, Weinberger stated his desire was to <br />SchedlUe the issue for this evening in order to prevent any further imrpovements from being done. <br />Mr. Stephenson stated that, early on, the construction people did not have adequate silt fencing and <br />dumped more dirt than he had originally intended. Mr. Stephenson questioned their motives to get rid of <br />as much fill as they could and new silt fencing was constructed to replace the old after going over it. In <br />conclusion, Mr. Stephenson argued that more damage would be incurred by the wetland if the City <br />required him to change the new buffer zone that had been created. The new buffer zone has cleaned out <br />much of the buckthorn and other undesirables and been replaced with native grasses and trees. <br />(#02-2793 REVIS STEPHENSON HI, Continued) <br />Mr. Stephenson added that the seeding he had done had to be in order to avoid erosion problems during <br />April and May rain showers. <br />Smith asked Mr. Stephenson to help her understand how all of these errors evolved. She questioned <br />whether he was there giving the crew direction or if someone else was the general contractor. <br />Mr. Stephenson replied that at the outset, there had not been the wetland delineation that came later, nor <br />did he feel the crew listened to his direction. He maintained that they had a copy of the plan in their <br />possession but just did not listen to his requests for silt fence installation and fill limits. <br />Smith stated that the project was under his direction and he should have managed it as such. <br />Bellows pointed out that in any construction project, if the silt fencing is not up, they don’t dump. She <br />maintained that the City was very clear from the start that they were not pleased. She stated that it was <br />PAGE 17 OF 42 <br />-----