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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday. July 21.2003 <br />6:00 o’clock pm <br />(»16 M3-2f22 I^UGINAILITY ON BEHALF OF MIKE CASHMAN. Contfaiacd) <br />this clogged culvert could ha>*e itudvenently inHated the water level of the wetland along Fox <br />Street. <br />GafTron felt the MCWD would need to reexamine where the wetland exists today, even with the <br />clogged culvert issue. He believed staff had tried to locate the culvert once before to no avail. In <br />addition. Gaflron pointed out that the vegetation and trees lining the property might be an c\cn <br />larger issue than the wetland. <br />Chair Smith asked what other methods could be used to mark the access. <br />Gaffron felt other methods or different size markers than monument markers were available. <br />Omstein stated that Uiey created the original design based on City Codes, not realizing a wetland <br />existed, and now the presence of the w etiand has caused issue. <br />While sympathetic to the need to mark the entrance with the addresses, Chair Smith suggested a <br />smaller scale or size be considered. <br />Gaffron pointed out that a sign post would be the bare minimum for this t>pc of marker situation; <br />however, the City had not been faced with this issue before. <br />Chair Smith commented that something more permanent than a signpost would be necessary in <br />this case. <br />Hawn asked Gaffron if someone from the City could go out to Fox Street, locate the culvert, and <br />hopefully, unclog the culvert. <br />Gronberg indicated that his staff could take representatives from the City to the site and check it <br />out. <br />Gaffron did not feel it was realistic to expect that, if the City found the culvert and cleaned it out. <br />the wetland or water level situation would improve along Fox Street. <br />Hawn questioned w*hy the City had instituted the groundwater management plan and fund, if not <br />to solve some of these problems like those found on Fox Street. <br />Bittner concurred that it was rather swampy along Fox Street and that something should he <br />done. <br />Despite the conditions along Fox Street, Rahn maintained that the wetland would need to be <br />delineated. <br />PAGE 29 of 37