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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 12, 2015 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 34 of 37 15. #15-3783 JOHN T. BESSESSEN/DAVID DELANEY, 2465 SHADYWOOD ROAD AND 2500 KELLY AVENUE, SKETCH PLAN (continued) McMillan suggested the applicants come back again with a sketch plan rather than going to the expense of drawing up plans. McMillan stated what is different with this sketch plan is the Shadywood access rather than access onto Kelly. Walsh stated he stills sees these as two parcels, with three homes on one-acre parcels accessing onto Kelly and the other homes accessing onto Shadywood with perhaps its own cul-de-sac. Walsh stated they could perhaps put a row of tall arborvitaes between the two parcels to help screen the back of Lunds or the other homes. Wasmoen stated it is a market demand issue and that the homes would be off the lake. Wasmoen stated on the other side of Kelly, there are smaller homes and smaller sites and that they are not creating something different than what is down the road. Wasmoen stated in his view the market they are looking at with 15 to 18 homes works better as a cohesive HOA than splitting them up. Wasmoen noted the City would have more control over the development if it was a PUD than with three single-family residential lots. Levang stated she would like to get some consensus on whether the Council is agreeable to three single- family residential lots on Kelly, with perhaps some three- or four-plexes on the Shadywood side. Wasmoen stated they could sketch a couple of plans. Printup stated he agrees with Council Member Walsh that it is two separate areas and that the Shadywood side would have the higher density and the Kelly Avenue side would be two or three big lots. Mayor McMillan noted this is a sketch plan review and not a formal plan but that she would allow some public comment. Linda Sallee, 3285 Carman Road, questioned the rationale for placing 24 units on 4 acres. Sallee stated Kelly Avenue floods as it is and that this proposal is way too dense. Sallee stated if there are 24 units in there, there will not be a tree left, and that the Council needs to keep in mind the impact on the runoff situation. McMillan noted the Council has told the developer that 24 units is too much density for this area. Christine Hardten, 2515 Kelly Avenue, asked if only three homes are allowed on Kelly and whether that is the final decision. McMillan stated the developer will be coming back with a revised sketch plan with lower density and that the Council will let the developer determine the exact density they would like to propose. McMillan noted Shadywood is zoned commercial and Kelly is zoned one-acre residential. McMillan stated the Council is also considering whether it should be a PUD. Hardten asked whether the Council is considering overriding the one-acre rule.