Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting 8/28/1989

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Zoning File #1417 June 14, 1989 Page 3 of 4 B) Applicant can provide an earthen barrier to residences to south and west with following grading options: i. Final grades of proposed substation are proposed at 978.3 on the east and 979 on the west. Applicant can excavate area to 970 elevation and use fill to create berms on west and souI:-i side of station. OR ii. Move substation eastward to 970 elevation. Install substation westward of the 970 (-levation, excavating to the 970 elevati,7n. Applicant is 4dvised of the 26' setback f._om the adjacent wetland at approximately the 964 elevation. The setback must be maintained during construction. Berming can also be provided with the additional fill resulting from the excavated material. C) In reviewing Exhibit K, the landscape plan, it would appear that some of the existing trees are to be removed with the installation of the substructure. Many of the existing plantings are mature trees. The City would encourage applicant to maintain as many as possible of the existing plantings. To ensure the visual barrier to the adjacent residential properties, the earthen berms adjacent to the substat n on the west and south side can also be provided with plantings. Applicant is to advise if this- creates a problem for the operation of the substation. Staff has discussed the applications with only one of the affected property owners, representative of the developer of Huntington Farm. As of this writing staff has received no written cormentary or received any calls from other adjacent residents. The applicant will have various technical representatives at the meeting to answer any questions residences or members of the Commission may have concern ng the proposed application. If the application meets with the appzcval of the Commission, such approval should be conditioned on the following: 1. Applicant to obtain the appropriate permit from the City of Orono for the proper abandonment of the residential well on the site. 2. Applicant to provide appropriate erosion cont-ol (silt fencing) prior to the installation of the substation through construction until ground cover is restored. 3. Berming to be provided along the south and west sides of the substation. The City to encourage evergreen plantingG within the bermed area.