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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, November 23, 2015 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 24 of 41 Levang moved, Cornick seconded, to table Application No. 15-3774, Michael Steadman on behalf of Irwin Jacobs, 1700 Shoreline Drive. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. (A recess was taken from 9:31 to 9:35 p.m.) 8. #15-3783 JOHN T. BESSESSEN/DAVID DELANEY, 2465 SHADYWOOD ROAD AND 2500 KELLY AVENUE, SKETCH PLAN John Bessessen, Applicant, and Tom Wasmoen were present. Community Development Director Barnhart stated this is a revision to a sketch plan that was presented about a month ago. The project shows 22 single family lots and last time 24 lots were proposed. Access would be provided off of Shadywood Road, with no access proposed off of Kelly Avenue. The project includes three different house styles. The larger homes would back onto Kelly Avenue with access to the internal street. There would also be medium size lots and 45-foot lots adjacent to Shadywood and through the interior of the project. At the last Council meeting, there was quite a bit of discussion regarding this project and the impacts to Kelly Avenue, traffic, visibility from Kelly Avenue, flooding, and the tree line in that area. The developer is looking for feedback from the City Council. The biggest question in the past has been the proposed density. The zoning for the Shadywood Road parcel is B4, Office, and it is guided for mixed use. For the Kelly Avenue parcel, it is currently zoned one unit per acre and is guided for two to three units per acre in the Comprehensive Plan. There is a total of 4.3 buildable acres. The proposed development would require a rezoning and a comprehensive plan amendment in addition to the subdivision process. Overall, the 22 units on 4.3 dry buildable acres yields 5.11 units per acre. For the Kelly Avenue parcel, the proposed plan shows density higher than prescribed by the Comprehensive Plan, by the zoning ordinance, and higher than suggested by the City Council at their meeting on October 12. Barnhart stated the developer is in attendance tonight and would like the opportunity to present their proposal. Tom Wasmoen stated he hopes the Council had a chance to review the narrative he sent along with the latest diagram. Wasmoen indicated they have also conducted another survey of the site. Wasmoen displayed a number of pictures showing a combination of large and small trees along with some brush and evergreen trees along Kelly Avenue. Wasmoen displayed some pictures of the home that is being built next door. The next picture is of a barn that sits on the property that faces Shadywood. Wasmoen stated they are considering using the barn as an iconic symbol for the neighborhood, such as making it a clubhouse for the neighborhood. Wasmoen displayed pictures of the property taken from Shadywood and Kelly Avenue, noting that it is difficult to see the home that is being built even with the straight driveway and no vegetation blocking that construction site. Wasmoen stated the project does not have much visual impact from Kelly, which is an important point to note. Wasmoen also displayed pictures looking across the wetland and then across the other side of the street.