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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 <br />4. #2550 Charles Van Eeckhout, 120 Brown Road South —Class III Subdivision <br />and Planned Residential Development— Continued <br />application, they will then consider the proposed access to Apple Glen Road. <br />Another issue facing the application is the delineation of wetlands on the property. Two <br />areas previously delineated as wetland are now in question. If the areas are determined to <br />be wetland, it would allow 13.7 acres of dry buildable with 6 lots. If the areas are <br />determined to not be wetland, it would allow 14 acres of dry buildable with 7 lots. Mr. <br />Van Eeckhout is in the process of having a wetland delineation report prepared that will <br />be forwarded to the Watershed District for approval. <br />The Planning Commission recommended denying the application because it was felt the <br />4 lots on the north side should be reduced in number, thereby increasing lot size, and <br />because the wetland delineation was not complete. <br />Staff recommended Council table the application and give the applicant direction <br />regarding: access via Apple Glen Road vs. Brown Road, whether the new road would be <br />public or private, and if the 4 nothern lots should be reduced in number. <br />Mr. Van Eeckhout stated that the wetland survey has been completed and it shows 14 <br />• acres of dry buildable, sufficient for his planned development. <br />Mayor Jabbour stated he is not comfortable approving the subdivision with access to <br />Apple Glen Road without first hearing from Long Lake because it would burden Long <br />Lake with extra traffic and sewer hookups. <br />Flint asked if the current driveway could be used for lots 5 and 6, with Apple Glen Road <br />accessing the other 5 lots. Mr. Van Eeckhout stated that may be an option, although he <br />would prefer to access all of the lots from the same road. <br />Flint stated that a letter from Svoboda Ecological Resources notes a change in wetland <br />boundaries on the property due to the presence of sand and gravel fill. It also noted that <br />an area recently became drier due to the presence of a drainage ditch. Mr. Van Eeckhout <br />stated that drainage from Apple Glen Road runs into a ditch that was dug on the property <br />in 1956. He has cleaned the ditch, removing silt, but he has never altered the land. He <br />also stated that the Svoboda letter is referring to a deepening and straightening of the <br />ditch which happened in conjunction with the sewer plant on Orono Orchard Road long <br />before Van Eeckhout owned the property. At that time, they lowered the creek, leaving <br />wetland soils in areas that no longer qualify as wetlands. <br />Mayor Jabbour stated he is not in favor of any application that would affect Long Lake. <br />Mr. Van Eeckhout stated that Long Lake will not move on access to Apple Glen Road <br />• without hearing from Orono. <br />N <br />