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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 10, 2006 7:00 o'clock p.m. (6. #05 -3123 STONE WOOD DESIGN /BUILD FOR MIKE HART, 1005 LINDEN LANE —REVIEW OF REMODELING VS REBEILD STATUS, Continued) Murphy inquired whether the house could be moved back to meet the setback if this was deternuned to be �''° "--" are ui rat er than a rei-nodel. Gaffron stated the house could be moved back but that he is not aware of what the impact would be on the grading. U Murphy stated another alternative would be to reduce the size of the house. Sven Gustafson stated they only received notification of this meeting on Friday and that the property owner was unable to attend. Gustafson stated he was not given the option to postpone this matter appearing before the city council. Gustafson indicated he became involved with this project approximately six months ago and that the plans were fairly preliminary but were the same plans that were reviewed during the approval process. Gustafson stated he had the plans reviewed regularly by Staff during this process and that the property owner has moved out of the house based on some correspondence from Mr. Gaffron pending the engineer's report. I Gustafson stated there are a number of options than replace them and that the walls are not crt Sansevere inquired whether the walls could be McDonald stated in his opinion they could be be considered. White inquired if the walls are repairable, why they could pursue to repair the foundation walls rather and that there area number of options that could application is now before the Council. McMillan commented that it appears that Building Inspector Bruce Vang had raised some concerns regarding the foundation. Gustafson stated they were asked to address the four points raised by Plamier Gaffron and that they have followed Staff's reconunendations all along the; way and they are now being told that this is getting to the point where this is a rebuild rather than a remodel. Gustafson stated they have complied with the four conditions outlined in Planner Gaffron's report of January 31, 2006. Gustafson indicated they were prepared to obtain a building pen-nit and at that time they were told that they needed to appear at the City Council meeting prior to any building permit being issued. McMillan noted the stability of the foundation was unknown at the time of the approval and encouraged the builder to have a little tolerance to the process that must be followed. Sansevere stated in all likelihood the City moved forward on good faith that the foundation walls are in good condition. PAGE 7 of 15