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NIINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COAZNIISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,May 18,ZO15 <br /> 6:30 o'cEock p.m. <br /> Stickney stated any development he has ever presented has been over and above what is required and that <br /> the idea is to make this a beautifuI development while preserving as many of the natural feahu�as of�e <br /> site as possible. Stackney noted he even we�rt to the extent of saving some of#he pines and willows at the <br /> entrance bo the development. Sticlmey stated the mad iz►some areas has 11 inches of asphalt and that the <br /> proposed located is a good place for the road. Sticlmey stated another goal is not to put a Iot of trees up in <br /> the prairie, <br /> Lemke asked what percentage of trees will be removod from the Big Woods canopy. <br /> Stickney indicated they would lose 141 trees out of 1,435 trees,with at least 8 perient af those trees nat <br /> doing that well. Sticlmey noted there are a number of downed trees and that in his view the trao <br /> replacement plan will pr�rve the wooded area as well as help screen the houses. Sticla�ey stated the <br /> idea is to�aaake this development as nice as possible and increase tfie tax base of this property to over <br /> $300,000. Stickney ststed Orono is a special place for him and that he would not do anything that would <br /> be detrimental to it, <br /> Thiesse asked whera he is pIanning to put the additional trces if the tree replacement is two for one. <br /> Sticlrney stated there are some ec�eas on the site where more trees could be planted. Stickney indicatod <br /> there is a 60-foot side boundary on each side lot as well as a 94-foot boundary and a spccial outlot to keep <br /> things away and preserved, Stickney indicated he also b.as a no-touch zone where no homas will be <br /> constructed. Stickn�y st�ked there are atso open areas on every lot but that he wants to give everyone who <br /> pvrchases a lot a head start on 1i�e trees. <br /> Thiesse asked if there is covenant control over whether sorneone wants a bigger lot at some poi�in the <br /> futtue. <br /> Stickney indicated there is. <br /> Thiesse noted some of the repiacament trees are listcd as conifers. Thiesse asked if that would be aliowed <br /> in the middle of Big Woods. <br /> Svoboda stated part of the nature of mapje-besswood forests is thst they generabe a chemical compound <br /> and do not like outside competitors. Svoboda stated when you look at the undersbory of a maple- <br /> basswood forest,all you will see ara more maple trees comi�ng in. That is a result of the roots exuding a <br /> chemical into the soiL Svoboda stated that may not necessatily be a suita.ble environment for conifer trees <br /> and that the best rernedy would be to continue to replant maple and basswooci trces to maintain the <br /> character and consistency of that community and to continue to progagate the maple and basswood trees. <br /> Leskinen stated in the first discussion at the skebch plan phase,there was talk about pulling the cul�o-sac <br /> down,whieh has occurred. Leskinen indicated she has walked the entire property and noticed that where <br /> the prairie ends and the woods b�gin thera is a farm road or path. Leskinen asked if there is any particular <br /> reason why that was not consider+ed for the road tather than the cul�le-sac going into the trces. Leskinen <br /> stated tt�ere are somo roal natural opanings in there for those two lots. <br /> Thiesse stated it would be the south side of Hlock 2. <br /> Page 15 of 37 <br />