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MINUTES .OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING f <br />Monday, February 28, 2005 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS — Jim Leslie • <br />Leslie stated that he had nothing to report, but would remain for questions. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />John Gehring, 1687 Concordia Street, read a letter containing his continents into the record. Within <br />the letter, Gehring stated that he objected to the City of Orono spending $5.7 million taxpayer <br />dollars to purchase 53 acres on Big Island. He felt the City should ask for additional input from its <br />citizens regarding the purchase using tax dollars, via a referendum, especially for an open space <br />purchase that was yet to have a vision. <br />The Mayor thanked Mr. Gehring for his continents. <br />ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT <br />*4. #2587 KRIS RUDD, 4575 WAYZATA BOULEVARD WEST — FINAL ROAD <br />PLAT APPROVAL — RESOLUTION NO. 5285 <br />Murphy moved, Sansevere seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 5285, a Resolution <br />granting approval for CITY OF ORONO RIGHT OF WAY PLAT NO. 1. VOTE: Ayes 5, <br />Nays 0. <br />5. #04 -3052 ERIC VOGSTROM, 2618 CASCO POINT ROAD — VARIANCES — • <br />RESOLUTION NO. 5286 <br />Curtis explained that at the February 14`x' Council Meeting, the Vegetation Restoration Plan with <br />amendments to the Agreement was approved, and the variance Resolution pertaining to the <br />hardcover was tabled. The applicant has not revised his request nor has staff made any changes to <br />the resolution. <br />Sansevere stated that if staff had not changed its opinion that the variance request was not <br />supported by a hardship, he could not move to approve the request. <br />Gaffron indicated that staff had not changed their opinion. <br />Mayor Peterson stated that she had changed her position slightly after visiting the site once again. <br />She indicated that she would be in favor of approving a variance in an effort to save this one <br />remaining large oak tree left on the site, since most of the others had already been lost. <br />Vogstrom asked whether the City had granted variance requests in the past based on a hardship to <br />save trees. <br />Sansevere commented that it was rather ironic that, at this point, the applicant was requesting a <br />variance to save one tree, after having ripped down a whole bunch of significant trees without <br />pern fission in the first place. <br />PAGE 2 of 10 <br />