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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,May 16,2016 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Barnhart indicated affordable housing is a goal of the Comprehensive Plan and that these homes would <br /> not be considered affordable homes. Barnhart stated if affordable housing is a goal of the Planning <br /> Commission, this would be the time to discuss that. <br /> Schoenzeit stated in his view whenever residents come to a meeting, they should have a chance to speak <br /> even if a public hearing is not required. <br /> Thiesse asked whether anyone from the public would like to comment on this item. <br /> No public comments were received. <br /> The Planning Commission took no formal action on this item. <br /> 4. #16-3828 CITY OF MEDINA ON BEHALF OF STONEGATE FARM, LLC,2940 SIXTH <br /> AVENUE NORTH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND WETLAND REZONING,'7:12 P.M.- <br /> 7:25 P.M. <br /> Andrew Biggerstaff, Kennedy&Graven, Steve Scherer, City of Medina, and Jennifer Haskamp, <br /> Stonegate Farm, LLC, were present. <br /> Gaffron stated Stonegate Farms is proposing a development in Medina that would consist of a 40-unit <br /> single-family development in Medina. The development would connect from Deer Hill Road to the <br /> Orono property. Requested are conditional use permits for land alteration and wetland filling as well as a <br /> rezoning to remove the portions of wetland to be filled from the Wetland Overlay District in order to <br /> construct a public road to serve a 40-unit single-family development in Medina. <br /> The conditional use permit is based on the amount of earth movement needed for road construction on the <br /> Orono property. The total amount of fill in Orono is estimated at 8,300 cubic yards for the road <br /> construction plus 1,800 cubic yards for a turn lane on Homestead TraiL The proposed location for the <br /> access to Homestead Trail was dictated by the extremely sloped topography further north. <br /> The overall road design was reviewed and approved by Medina. While the proposed road is 24 feet in <br /> width, if this was to be a public road under Orono's standards, the required width would be 32 paved feet. <br /> The extra eight feet in width would provide for additional on-street parking. The segment of road in <br /> Orono is fairly remote from any proposed homes, likely making the extra width unnecessary. <br /> The proposed connection to Deer Hill Road at the northern end of the development in Medina will make <br /> this is through road. It is anticipated that a future spur off the new road to serve future development of the <br /> Orono property would likely be a private road under Orono's zoning. That spur as currently depicted <br /> would not be built at this time, but its location suggests future additional wetland impacts in Orono which <br /> might be avoided by locating it west of the wetland outlot at the time the Orono property develops. <br /> The Watershed District has reviewed this application as well as the LGU. In this situation, Medina is the <br /> Local Government Unit for administering the Wetland Conservation Act rules in Medina. Both parties <br /> have approved the proposed layout, which minimizes the impacts on the wetland. <br /> All mapped wetlands in Orono are, by definition, within the Wetland Overlay District. The applicant has <br /> requested a conditional use permit from Orono for wetland alteration in order to construct the road. <br /> Filling of wetland for any purpose is not a permitted use within the Wetland Overlay District, and filling <br /> of wetland for road construction purposes is not an allowed conditional use. The solution to this is to <br /> Page 6 of 17 <br />