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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, February 13, 2006_ 7:00 o'clock p.m. • ( #05 -3131 Steve Bohl of Bohland Development, Continued) White commented the school pays for the striping on the trail between the middle school and the high school. White recommended the City Council discuss the six items raised by Planner Gaffron. The consensus of the City Council was that the revised setback for Lot 10 is acceptable. White inquired how the City Council feels about the floor area ratio and the points raised by Staff. Murphy stated he does not think the City Council should spend a lot of time discussing whether three - season porches should be included in the FAR calculation. Murphy stated that the open decks and three - season porches should probably be included in the calculation. Murphy stated there is some leeway to decide whether those types of structures should be included in the calculation. Bohl stated he did look at a few different options to reduce the amount of massing. Bohl stated he would like to exclude a screen porch from the floor area ratio if the FAR is reduced to 0.4. Bohl stated the size of the screen porch could be regulated with covenants to a 12' by 14'. Bohl stated a four - season or three - season porch would be included within the floor area ratio. • The City Council indicated they are in agreement with the comments made by the applicant. White inquired if the Council feels the church parcel should be exempt from the SW &DT fee. White stated in his view since the size of the church property is being reduced, that he would not be opposed to waiving the fee. Kellogg stated there is a drainage boundary depicted on the overhead and that currently the drainage in that portion of the property is not treated but would be treated in the future under the proposal and would be an improvement over what currently exists. White inquired whether the City or the developer should be responsible for maintaining the trail. Murphy inquired who would maintain the trail along the road. Gaffron stated the road itself would act as a trail and the City would be maintaining the road. White inquired who would be responsible for striping the street. Murphy inquired whether the City is equipped to stripe the roads at the present time. Moorse stated the City currently hires someone to do the striping. • PAGE 4 of 25