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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, August 9, 2010 • 7:00 o'clock p.m. (5. #10 -3471 TERRYSCHNEIDER ON BEHALF OF WOODHILL SENIOR COTTAGES OF NAVARRE, 2525 & 2545 SHADYWOOD ROAD, Continued) Murphy asked how these units would be priced and who these units would be marketed to. Schneider stated the,amount of required care would be intensive and that the average rates would be around $6000 to $6500 per month, which is comparable to a nursing home. The market would be elderly people who would like to reside in the area. McMillan asked whether building two should be shown on the site plan. Turner stated the applicant is required to show additional buildings when an application is submitted but that the conditional use permit will only be granted to the one building. Mattick stated the City Council is not promising or assuring anything regarding phase two and that anything to do with phase two will need to come back before the City Council. Stoddard stated unless the City Council is stating a finding of fact that the residential lot will not be rezoned, it is a little misleading to the residents and the developer that there is a chance it will be looked at in the future. • Mattick pointed out the applicant is always allowed to make an application and that phase two is not before the Council tonight. Mattick stated the back lot would remain vacant until an application is brought before the City and approved. Janice Berg asked why the two B-4 lots are not just being combined rather than the three lots. Turner stated essentially it would tie up the rear portion of the property and that the applicant would not be able, to do anything on the rear portion of the property without making it a separate lot. The residential lot will be maintained as part of this development. Bremer pointed out the residential lot is not being rezoned at this time. White stated there is no objectionable reason or factual presentation that says the applicant should not be able to combine the three lots into one lot and that the issue is the two different zoning districts. Mattick pointed out the applicant is actually losing some zoning rights by combining the three lots. Telford Thompson, 2636 Lydiard Avenue, stated acceptance of the use for this property could set a precedent for the developer if he gains approval and that in the future it may be very easy for him to construct the second building and make it all one piece of property. Thompson commented that precedents sometimes take the forefront and that the Council also knows that at times these applications are easier to approve after they have already been established, which is a concern he has at this point. Thompson indicated he does not necessarily want to have the entire property not constructed but that he would like it to be on record that this is a concern and could set a precedent for future increased development on that property. Page 9 of 17