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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 12, 2007 7:00 o'clock p.m. ( #07 -3250 Philip Carlson, Continued) be 50 feet in width to meet City standards for a commercial roadway. The applicants have suggested this may be a problem: 3. Off -site retaining walls. The applicants have provided documentation of temporary construction easements for construction of retaining walls on the welding shop site. The applicants should establish for the record who will ultimately own those walls and who will maintain them. 4. Review of Construction Materials. The Planning Commission reviewed the approximate color scheme and proposed building materials for the buildings, which includes standing seam metal roofing, stucco, face block and metal cladding. 5. Review of Association Documents. The applicants should be asked to submit copies of their proposed association documents to assure the Council that they contain sufficient language for the self - policing of acceptable uses within the units. Due to the unit layout, and as described in the February 151h memo, the building ownership will be structured as condominium. The Council may wish to discuss how or whether this impacts the applicants' marketing and ability to complete all five buildings within a reasonable time frame. Staff recommends approval of the General Concept Plan per the Resolution attached to the staff report. It . is Staff's intent to bring this application forward to the Council for preliminary plat approval on March 26"'. Final Plat Apgproval/General Development Plan Approval/Easement Vacation Approval would then occur on April 12 , assuming the applicants have provided all required submittals, fees, etc., prior to that meeting. White inquired what width of roadway the applicants are requesting. Shopek stated they are requesting a 25 -foot easement and that the 50 -foot recommendation of the City Engineer would result in a nonconforming lot and loss of parking. Shopek stated in their view it is not necessary to have a major thoroughfare go through this development. White stated in his view the 25 feet is reasonable. Gaffron noted the 24 -foot roadway would match what exists on the senior housing site. Murphy noted the City does not know whether this roadway is going to become a full turning access and that the City has not considered if that roadway would become a full frontage road in the future. Murphy stated in his view the road would probably serve more as an access road. Murphy expressed a concern about the construction activity and the impact it would have on the senior housing center. Murphy commented the senior citizens do not want to see additional traffic in front of the center and inquired whether construction traffic through the senior center would be restricted. Gaffron stated that language is contained within the developer's agreement. • PAGE 8 of 19