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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 9,1999 (#9) #2505 The Bancor Group, Inc., Willow Drive/Sixth Avenue North, Continued Campion staled that the consensus of the Bancor Group is that they will not be able to proceed forward with this development if it is reduced by more than four lots. Campion staled that they are looking at approximately .85 dry buiidable acres per lot at this time, noting that the exact amount of wetlands has not been defined. Mayor Jabbour commented in his view his opinion regarding this parcel has changed somewhat over the years due to changes in the community as well as the nevv proposed Highway 12 comdor. Jabbour stated that according to City Code prior developers were given credit for vvellands when City sewer was available. Jabbour commented in his opinion this property should be used as a buffer zone. Campion inquired whether the City Council would be requiring one acre lots for this development. Mayor Jabbour stated this parcel should be developed as a PRD. with an average of one acre per lot. Kelley commented that he personally is not in favor of rezoriing this the two aore zoning maintained. Kelley stated he would be in favor of a PRD with hvo acre zoning. Peterson commented that she also is in agreement v;ith the two acre zoning. Kelley stated that in his view the value of the property should be reduced in order to make this development more economically feasible. Campion stated they will need to address these issues further. Gaffron commented that Sugarwocds was rezoned to one acre density. Mayor Jabbour commented in his opinion the City should provide some »;'9her densi^housing within the City and that the City Council should consider the possibility of rezoning this prop rty. Kelley stated he would be in favcr of clustering units on this property wh^^ch need to run sewer to a large number of residences. Kelley commented he wou i - the two acre zoning for this area and is not in favor of higher density housing in this area. Flint commented that he is troubled by the efforts to keep this area zoned a» this is not a prime piece of real estate and that th.e school and County Road 6 do impact this property. Sansevere stated he is in agree.r.ent with Flint and that in his opinion this property could be rezoned one acre dry buiidable Campion stated that one acre dry buiidable would not allow their proposed development to work, noting that the v/etlands and the streets need to be taken into account favorable towards a development proposing a m.aximum of 44 units. Sansevere commented that the developer is proposing upper middle class housing for this area, Pagel0 •