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TO: Mayor Callahan and Orono Council Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator FROM: Jeanne A. Mabusth, Building & Zoning Administrator DATE: June 24, 1993 SUBJECT: #1838 Robert Owens, 1700 Bohn's Point Road - Conditional Use Permit/Variance -Public Hearing Additional Exhibits J -Engineer's Report Applicant applied for a permit under the emergency ordinance in 1987 to allow repairs to lakeshore banks damaged in the back-to-back 100 year storms. Failure may have resulted from either poor workmanship or design failure as the original method of restoration involved placement of geotechnic fabric supported by an underlying substructure. The new proposal involves the installation of two tiers of concrete blocks with an underlying geo-grid support system as applicant seeks a permanent solution. The engineer's report, Exhibit J, has confirmed that the proposed geo-grid support system as presented by GME Consultants will provide the necessary stability and support for the Allan Block walls. The Planning Commission approved the conditional use permit for the applicant as proposed subject to the following conditions: 1. Erosion control to be maintained on property before land alterations commence and shall be maintained until ground cover is restored. 2. Applicant shall provide a landscape schedule for plantings upon application for a building permit for the installation of a retaining wall. Landscape plans shall include plantings to buffer or shield 3½-4' walls from lake views and that vines shall be planted adjacent to foundation for concrete block patio located at bluff of lakeshore bank. 3. The planter installed at the top of the lakeshore bank shall be removed as a result of the installation of the two-tiered wall. After the motion of approval, applicant advised that after this last rainy weekend applicant reported that a second tension crack had appeared running parallel to the lake and 3' closer than the existing tension crack. He asked if there was a procedure available for an emergency situation as exists on his property as he is fearful that the bank will collapse at any time given the rainy forecast of the coming week. Council representative, J. Diann Goetten, advised that it may be possible for a poll to be taken of at least three members of the Council to permit staff to issue the necessary permit. The City Administrator held a conference call with three members of the Council the next day and received permission for the staff to issue a permit