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f <br />TO Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />FROM: Michael P. Gaf&on, Senior Planning Coordinator^j^^ <br />DATE:June 17,1999 <br />SUBJECT: #2492 Rick & Gail Luzaich, 2490 Old Beach Road - Afler-the-Fact Variance and <br />CUP - Continuation of Public Hearing <br />Zoning District: LR-IB, Single Family Lakeshore Residential District <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Revised Plan Submitted by Applicant <br />B - Restoration Parameters Recommended by Forestry Consultant Peter Bedker <br />C - 60-day Review Period Waiver <br />D - Memo and Exhibits of May 10,1999 <br />E - Draft May 17 Planning Commission Minutes <br />On May 17 Planning Commission reviewed the proposed restoration plan offered by the applicant <br />and generally concluded that the plan was not appropriate. Planning Commission tabled the <br />proposal and suggested that applicant prepare a revised plan ^er consultation with staff and the <br />Cit/s consulting forester. <br />The City retained Peter Bedker, Ph.D., a consulting forester, to review the property and recommend <br />parameters for restoration of the site. His report and recommendations are attached as Exhibit B. <br />Prior to receipt of Bedker*s recommendations, applicant's landscape architect, Gary Mueller, <br />submitted a revised landscape plan proposal incoiporating a single retaining wall at the base of the <br />slope, and still requiring regrading of the entire slope. This plan proposes a small number of <br />replacement trees ^ong the sides of the property. <br />Staff is advised tbnt Bedker and Mueller have discussed Bedker’s recommendations, and apparently <br />agree that their individual approaches or strategies for restoring this site are quite divergent It mi^t <br />be fair to say that the applicant's plan is a good landscape plan, but it is not a restoration plan. The <br />City's goal is to have the lakeshore restored to a wooded, natural appearance as quickly as possible. <br />Brief Summary of Forester's Comments and Recommendations <br />A total of 17 trees with stump diameter 12" or greater were removed from the lake side of <br />the residence. These were primarily maples and lindens. <br />The value of the trees removed is estimated at $48,100 using standardized appraisal methods. <br />It would generally be unreasonable to expect restoration costs to exceed this amount. <br />1