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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 25, 2005 7:00 o'clock p.m. (8.#05-3080 INTERSPACE WEST, 2060 WAYZATA BOULEVARD, Continued) Philip Carlson, of Interspace West, stated that they had brought the sidewalk in about as much as they could and still allow for a required width for handicapped access. He reiterated that he would be willing to work with neighbors to plant trees on their outlot to retain the proper `chi' — feng sui on the lot. Jackie Ricks, 2108 Sugarwoods Drive, stated that she thought the developer would be performing a treesurve_y_on the�ita — Gaffron pointed out that the City did not require the applicant to perform a tree survey, since the trees would be removed during construction. Carlson offered to give the neighbors any trees they wished to move from his site prior to construction to add additional buffer to their outlot. Mary Mileusnic, 2110 Sugarwoods, asked that the developer consider adding trees to the hillside. r1 U Dick Schommer, 2106 Sugarwoods Drive, questioned how the developer could be allowed to begin his grading 5' from the property line, when homeowners were required to stay 30' away from the lot lines. He questioned how digging so close to the lot line might affect the trees on the homeowners association outlot. Murphy asked whether the applicant would be willing to indemnify anything that dies to be • replaced. Carlson stated that they would be putting up tree protection along the lot line. He indicated also that he'd already promised to plant a large number of trees and would prefer not to go down the path of which trees were killed due to construction or natural causes. Murphy stated that it seemed to him that the developer had worked awfully hard to satisfy the neighbors, which not too many developers take the time to do. He encouraged Carlson to be mindful of the top shelf trees and keeping them populated or protected during construction. McMillan pointed out that this proposal contains 45% greenspace on a commercial site which far exceeds the 25% required by code. Murphy noted that 2 -3 parking stalls would need to be removed in order to allow the applicant space to pull back from the property line. Gaffron maintained that, as proposed, the development was not `over parked', nor could they remove additional spaces and satisfy code. Richard Apple, 2101 Sugardwoods Drive, president of the Homeowner Association, asked who would be responsible for maintenance of the landscaping. Carlson replied that, as part of the covenants, the development is. • PAGE 6of10