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Adatns - To tell you the truth, I didn’t know. McDonald - So your concern wasn’t the total wilderness whore some of these people went out and bought for that reason. Adams - Probably rot. Goetten - I’d like to be very honest to tell you that when we had the last P.C. meeting and Ron was hero, Ron shared the proposal that he had, I think speaking for most of us on the P.C. , I thought he did a terrific job, very well done and I had not foreseen the opposition from the neighbors and of course that concerns mo greatly. I have to tell you that I have never seen such a well designed plan since I have been on the P.C. I can see that all of you have a great deal of concern if this should be rezoned and that has :o effect my opinion on the outcome of this will be. Its always diffl*^Uit when all of you are emotionally involved like all of you are, and as lynn (Adams) said many times it comes out beautifully. I don’t thiriM any of us on the P.C. or those of the Council would want to go against the neighbors because if your unhappy then some other action wi 11 occur and I don ’ t thi nk any of us want that. i think if it does not happen and this does not go through, I do feel in a way, that I guess I will be concerned as to what will be proposed in the future. I think that this was very well done and I don’ t feel that that is too many houses for the area. As I say I have a great concern what would happen to that property in the future. You never know. And sometimes when something is as well done as this, you think maybe I should think twice about it. As 7. say, I guess I felt that this was very worth while proposal and now I do have misgivings because of the way most of you do fe-^l. So at the moment, I guess I am a little undecided. Kelley - How big are the building envelopes themselves, average size? Zoning Administrator Mabusth - Thats what I was trying to say when you get into a Planned Residential Development. Actually those building envelopes are 2+ acres, youi not really looking at a residential lot for a 2 acre zone, we * re looking for ownership uni ts for a way to devise the ownership for alternate and principal septic system. It certainly is not a formal residential plat of 3+ acres per unit. Its 20 units with building sites and septic sites tied into an ownership pattern and all the commons area to be shared. And thats where the 3+ unit density comes from. But oddly enough, each one of those . . .with shaped ownership is 2 acres or more. Some is steep slope. Kelley - I guess my point of view is when we initially saw the sketch plan at the last P.C. meeting, I was overly impressed also for the development of the property, however, one of the reasons why I sought the job on the Planning Commission was to keep Orono the way it is, the way I want to see it in the future. 1 guess after hearing the concerns and stirring some of the reasons why I sought the job on the P.C. and what I thought Orono should be, I have difficulty with the density of the housing in that area, along with the citizens that are here tonight. Rovcgno - I have a question for Jeanne to start with. We haven’t had a rezoning actually in cin awful long time. Mabusth “ We have had them but not as.. i .juita