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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO PARK COMMISSION <br />MEETING HELD ON JULY 7,1997 draft <br />(#6 - Tree Preservation - Continued) <br />Van Zomerco questioned whether parking lot reqi^ements should be traded with <br />increasing landscaping and trees. Wilson encouraged Van Zomeren to be stringent. <br />The new #4 is the detennination of criteria. <br />#5 will state, * A commerdal rite devdopment policy is needed to encourage <br />development.* Wilson said this should contain very ^ecific guidelines for specific <br />buffering. <br />It was suggested that a #6 be added to refer to reforestation. The consultant will be <br />deferred to regarding internal tree % and buffering. Commissioners voiced concern with <br />comfidds or pasture land now becoming reforested and whether that was the goal <br />MdDermott suggested referencing the S>acre zoning and returning properly that was once <br />prairie back to prririe. <br />Wilson suggested #6 be reforestation or prairie devdopment. Use asked how this would <br />affect horse farms. Wilson srid 5 acre properties should be dealt with different^. Wilson <br />said there should be a parameter for reforestation or preservation. <br />McDermott suggested different parameters for different parcel rizes. Wilson thought this <br />was dealt with under #4 where criteria is determined. McDermott said the larger acrei^es <br />can be retrined as open field or prairie under criteria determined in #4. <br />It will be noted in the preamble that Orono has been developed well over the years (wUch <br />was noted at the end of the ori^nal #5). <br />Wilson said she would like to encourage the Council that the next stq;) in the process be <br />the crafting of the policy with the consultant, Stafi^ and several members of the Planning <br />and Park Commissions. Van Zomeren noted that the consultant is under contract. Wilson <br />said Council will to asked to pay the cost of using the consuhant for this task. <br />Wilson asked if the consultant would be lu^ to handle the tree preservation issues once a <br />policy is established. White said the developers could be required to hire a consultant. <br />Beal win redraft and subnut with assistance firom Van Zomeren for Council review on July <br />14. Wilson thanked Beal and Van Zomeren for thrir work on this issue.