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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MINUTES FOR JULY 12,1999 <br />(#5) H2492 RJCKAND GAIL LUZAICH, 2490 OLD BEACH ROAD <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT- Continued <br />- VARIANCE AND <br />of the hill. Dr. Bedker did state it might be counter productive to put a 16” tree back for a 16’ <br />tree as the tree may or may not survive. A smaller tree may survive better and surpass the <br />growth of a more mature tree. <br />The Planning Commission reviewed a revised plan at their June meeting. The plan had one <br />large retaining wall running from one side of the property to the other. The plan implemented <br />some grading and there were a few hardwood trees included. It was a good plan, but it did not <br />reflect the City ’s goals as enumerated in the Comprehensive Plan. The goal of the City is to <br />have a shoreline maintained that breaks up the height of the buildings and breaks up the <br />appearance of a built environment around the lake. A larger canopy of trees would help <br />prevent erosion problems. Weinberger said the Planning Commission voted, by a vote of ^2, <br />to deny the application in order to expedite the process and move a plan forward to the City <br />Council because the land is laying dormant and some types of erosion control will have to be <br />implemented in order to protect the shoreline. <br />Weinberger reported that Gary Mueller, Mr. Luzaich ’s landscape architect, met with Dr. <br />BedJier to discuss some Df the issues and Dr. Bedker’s recommendations. Weinberger said the <br />plan brought in some of Dr. Bedker’s recommendations, but it does not address all of them. <br />There is still a large amount of grading be'mg proposed on the hill side and not the <br />recommended type of trees. He said that a new plan was received from Mr. Mueller on Friday, <br />July 9,1999. This plan implemented some of Dr. Bedker’s recommendations and it is closer to <br />the goal of restoration along the lakeshore. The amount of grading on this plan would be very <br />minimal. Two areas of retaining wall would be used to support the existing stairwell. The <br />types of trees have increased, but they are all located along the property lines and they art not <br />in areas that allow for a more natural appearance from the lake. In the middle of the plan th^re <br />is a series of perennial plan tings which would be adequate for erosion control. They are <br />naturrl and would not require high levels of maintenance. It was noted in Dr. Bedker s <br />recommendations that there be 25’ spacing between trees. The plan does not address the issue <br />of the 29 tree replacement. There is a concern about the center of the property and the trees <br />being located completely on the sides of the property and not in front of the house or along <br />the shoreline. He displayed photon . aphs of the property. Dr. Bedker communicated to <br />Weinberger that most of his recommendations are answered by this plan with the exception of <br />the spacing between the trees and location of some trees in thf front of the house and near the <br />shoreline. <br />Jabbour asked Weinberger to ekborate on the vote by the Planning Commission. <br />Weinberger responded that the two votes that were opposed to the recommendation of denial <br />by the Planning Commission were because the Planning Commission thought it was <br />aperopriate to review another plan. They were not necessarily in suppoit of the plan that was <br />in front of Uiem, but they felt that they should present a plan to the City Council that they had <br />Page 11