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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, November 26, 2007 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />( #07 -3323 Structures Unlimited On Behalf of Judson and Aleya, Continued) <br />The applicant has revised the grading plan to add rain gardens to catch roof drainage. Shrubs are . <br />proposed along the front of the cabin. Staff thought it best to not submit the revised grading plan to the <br />City Engineer for review or ask for a detailed planting plan until direction had been received from <br />Council regarding the variances. <br />Staff is concerned that the Planning Commission did not understand what the impact of the reduction in <br />roof pitch would be. In Staff's opinion, this change is minimal and barely noticeable. To achieve a <br />significant reduction in roof mass, additional changes to the roof, such as eliminating dormers, further <br />reducing the height of the sidewalls or decreasing roof pitch, would need to be done. <br />• <br />Staff had recommended two additional conditions that the Planning Commission did not clearly address. <br />One, the exterior of the structure (including the roof) is made darker earth tones with the crawl space <br />enclosed in the same color materials as the upper portion of the structure. Two, the Lakeshore buffer for <br />75 percent of the shoreline. The applicant is willing to accept the first condition. The second condition • <br />was not specifically discussed. Given the length of the shoreline, Staff thought some lakeshore buffer <br />would be appropriate, perhaps along the back of the lagoon at the base of the slope and on the side of <br />the lagoon -away from the house. . <br />Murphy asked whether the second picture does not include the lowering of the side walls or extending <br />the eave. <br />Langhans stated the picture does include those revisions <br />Bremer stated she would be recuzing herself from this application because she is personally familiar <br />with Aleya Champlin. <br />Langhans stated the picture is a rendered drawing and is the proposed building as depicted in the <br />blueprints before the Council. The rendering actually makes the building appear larger than what it <br />really will be in actuality. The scale of the second drawing is slightly larger than actual but it does <br />depict the structure with more earth tones. • <br />PAGE 12 of 32 <br />