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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> January 17,2023 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> lot?And then do you have concerns about any layout regarding Hennepin County and the engineers <br /> comments for access?You are asked to discuss and provide feedback to the applicant. <br /> Brett Larsen,2040 Carmine Street and Mark Gronberg,Gronberg and Associates,Long Lake, appeared as <br /> the applicants. <br /> Mr.Larsen said he and his wife are building a home on the southern portion. On the northern portion <br /> we've looked at a few different things. We've talked about a few different options,including putting <br /> commercial on the northernmost part,and residential on the southernmost part.It is all buildable;there <br /> are no wetland issues.After working through the options with Mark,it gets kind of tight when you're <br /> trying to create an easement or a roadway between the two. So the plan would be to have one single <br /> family home, one lot,one single family home on that lot. <br /> Mr. Gronberg said they looked at putting a shared cul-de-sac with both properties but it takes up too much <br /> area and the setbacks are onerous.We're certainly in favor of a shared access between the two properties <br /> so that there's only one there.And I think like Bob said,right in,right out.It makes a lot of sense on a <br /> busy road like that.A couple other things, looking at your 2030 land use plan,it shows that it's two to <br /> three units per acre. So we're certainly in favor of doing a rezoning here to get that maybe before the <br /> 2030.But another thing I wanted to bring up is back a couple years ago we had a neck going up to a 25 <br /> foot strip that went up to the north,just to make the dry land on that southerly lot over an acre.And then <br /> the northerly lot was still 100 feet wide.It seems stupid to have a 25-foot strip up there that they could <br /> never use,but it did technically meet the requirements. <br /> McCutcheon said he appreciated that the applicants are willing to work with the landowner to the west <br /> because it really looks like it's going to be a compromise between both parcels. <br /> Libby asked if they have pursued looking at an egress from Kelly Ave. <br /> Mr. Gronberg said it sounds like a good idea but who knows if those owners would be willing to give up <br /> access there. And then Brett would then have to give up access across his property to the right property of <br /> the West. <br /> Mr.Larsen said they work through the City with building permits, and wanted to be can-do. We didn't ask <br /> for a variance. We tried to do everything outside of the setback. We had to scrap the existing house,fill in <br /> the foundation and do a new foundation in order to accomplish all that.We did have the same approach <br /> here.I've talked to Scott Edwards.We've talked about sharing that curb cut,if that makes this easier to do. <br /> Our strong preference would be to work with Mr.Edwards to find a way that we can access 15. <br /> And we have spoken with the LMCD,and they are telling us that a dock is doable. <br /> Erickson said as a point of information,reviewing the previous comments from Hennepin County a <br /> couple of years ago,the question was raised about the right-of-way for County 15.Hennepin County <br /> might want possibly another 12 feet of right-of-way,which then in discussing that,they also pointed out <br /> that they didn't want to see any retaining walls are along that stretch of 15 for sightline visibility. <br /> Page 11 of 13 <br />