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f f ■ Mr. Van Eeckhout has revised his plan to not create a lot south of the Creek. This eliminates any concerns of placing hardcover and grading within 75 ’ of a protected waterway. The DNR, Trails and Waterways Unit had requested the developer dedicate a conservation easement along the south boundary of the property. By not developing the southern lot and platting it as a conservation outlot the buffer area between development and tlie Luce Line Trail will be preserved. Sketch Plan The City Council and Planning Commission have reviewed the proposal as part of the Sketch Plan review process. The City Council recommended to the property owner the City of Orono has no intent to rezone the property from the two acre standard. The Council has indicated they would consider developing the site as a PRD and make a provision for sewer. Access The City Engineer has commented (Exhibit G) the proposed access to the property' be platted as part of the subdivision and not by easement. Further, he recommends that the access to the site should meet a minimum 50' width to meet City roadway standards for a public or private street. Drainage and Ponding The draft version of the City's Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan shows that the site lies within the Tanager Lake drainage district. The ponding location is shown on the preliminary surx’ey. Final grading plans should include final pond grading including a 10:1 aquatic bench 10-feet wide at the pond normal water level. The outlet structures shall be provided on the final plans indicating the location and actual size of the pond. The City Engineer w ill require Best Management Practices in all areas where stormwater can not be treated by the NURP pond. Sanitary Sewer A MUSA amendment is required to allow sanitary sewer service to the property. Sewer service has been discussed and a feasibility report has been completed for the Fox Ridge neighborhood south of the Luce Line Trail. The report identified a pressure sew er system as the most feasible to serve the neighborhood. The pressure sewer would be routed up Sou’h Brown Road to an existing gravity sewer on Watertown Road. This system would ha\ e the potential lo serve properties north of Fox Ridge and south of Watertow n Road needing sanitary sewer. The plans show a gravity sewer system that ties into an existing sanitary manhole at the south end of .Apple Glen Road in Long Lake. The proposed alignment as chown would not provide sewer service to properties along South Brown Road. The topography would allow a gravity sewer to be extended westerly in the proposed roadway to South Brown Road to provide future sanitary service. The City and developer had explored the option of extending sewer across the Luce Line Trail and the Longridge Associates property to serve the Fox Ridge neighborhood. After looking at this option it has been detennined this is not the best option to extend sewer to the south to serve the Fox Ridge neighborhood.