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Page 3 attachment DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST 1400 Bracketts Point Road is a very large parcel consisting of 13 acres and 1600 lineal feet of shoreline and the historic Pillsbury Mansion. The Jundt's have done a remarkable job of historic preservation. A part of this preservation consists of an old 2 foot wide stairway going down to a pump house on the other end of their property. In the middle of their property there are a few stone treads allowing access along there center shoreline and down by their south property line there exists the stairway we want to rebuild which is their main stair to their dock. On a property this large it would be impractical to think that you could get by with one stair to the lake. Subject: Remove old wood stair system to the dock originally permitted by variance action approximately 13 years ago. Remove wood landing going to irrigation control shed. Original variance allowed for 131.5 sq ft stairs and landings and 114 sq ft of deck to control box. New stairs without deck are 167 sq ft plus 12 sq ft of control box resulting in a total of 179 sq ft a reduction of 66 square feet of hardcover. Replace old stair system with 4' wide Chilton in ground treads and landings curving the treads so that they become hidden as we are going to plant an Alpine Currant hedgerow and Lily's ( see future photo attached). The photo also shows the planting of Arborvitae, Techne, hiding the irrigation control box and dock storage area. Further creating a grass lawn path with Juniper buffer area at shoreline for water runoff. The path will allow better wheelchair access to the dock reducing the total wheel chair tread usage to two treads. At present they have two makeshift wood ramps that are laid on the stairs and look pretty dangerous. path will require adjusting approximately 40 cubic yards of soil and new sod. Because a previous variance was given for the wood stair system. A new variance would not have been necessary if we would have built the new stair system in exactly the same location as the original stairs going straight up the hill. However, a great effort is being made to hide the new stair system and clean up the ugly look that is there now. The City of Orono desires that stair systems turn and be hidden with vegetation, so I always do when I design a new system for someone in Orono. I had no idea that an old variance existed on the old stair and obviously my new design serves both Orono's desires and Jundt's much better, so now I am stuck going to meetings.