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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, September 21, 2015 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 3 of 10 <br /> <br />stated they are attempting to create a cohesive little neighborhood and building a mix of homes that would <br />appeal to the empty nester. The prices would range from 350,000 up to perhaps a million dollars. <br /> <br />Wasmoen stated one other piece to the development is to create a path at the end of the hammerhead. <br />There is some room to elongate that and then have a path down to Kelly to allow people who live in the <br />neighborhood to access the public beach. Wasmoen stated because it would be developed as a PUD, <br />there would be a homeowners association and there will be design criteria that homeowners would have <br />to meet so there will be cohesiveness to the neighborhood. Wasmoen indicated he has spoken with three <br />custom home builders and they feel this is an appropriate use of the property and they are excited about <br />building the homes. <br /> <br />Wasmoen stated in his view more thought has gone into this concept plan and that they wanted to make <br />sure they incorporated comments from the City Council and the Planning Commission into this design. <br />Wasmoen stated by incorporating the Shadywood parcel into this development, it will help to create more <br />of a buffer. <br />Schoenzeit asked what the chances are to obtain a curb cut onto Shadywood. <br /> <br />Berg noted there is a curb cut there now. <br /> <br />Barnhart stated he does not want to guess at what chance there is for a curb cut for this development, but <br />that it would depend on how far away from the intersection it is and whether it lines up with a logical <br />location on the other side of the street. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit stated the gate is nice, but without that access, the whole thing kind of falls apart. <br /> <br />Wasmoen stated Mr. Bessessen had a discussion with the County previously on one of the other sketches <br />and that the County said as long as you can get off on Kelly Drive, that would be good. Wasmoen stated <br />with the apartment building, the County did not see any reason to allow that access, but because of what <br />is being proposed now, it falls more into what they recommended. Wasmoen stated that was a discussion <br />that happened previously but the logic is there to allow the access. <br /> <br />Berg asked how the units could be increased to 12 when the City was not in favor of the five units.