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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 /> remove any areas that are to be filled from the Wetland Overlay District via rezoning. Mitigation for <br /> wetland fill must occur within Orono unless approved by the CounciL It is Staff's opinion that the <br /> mitigation proposed within the overall project site should be acceptable to Orono and Staff recommends <br /> Council approval. <br /> It is the opinion of Staff that the land alterations, including road construction and wetland fill, are <br /> unavoidable based on topography, wetland locations within the site, and the relative lack of public road <br /> frontage available to serve the Medina development. The plans appear to minimize the impacts to the <br /> wetland in Orono by limiting the amount of filling necessary through the use of retaining walls. <br /> Drainage is not anticipated to be negatively affected, and the impacts to neighboring residential property <br /> are expected to be minimal, if any, except for the potential need to screen the property at 1180 Homestead <br /> Trail from headlights of vehicles exiting the new road. Road construction and development of <br /> approximately 40 new single-family homes will likely result in a significant increase in traffic on <br /> Homestead Trail, but this is tempered by the fact that Homestead Trail is a county road and the <br /> surrounding area is not densely populated. <br /> Staff recommends approval of the requested conditional use permits for land alteration and wetland filling <br /> subject to the following conditions: <br /> 1. The applicant is to provide Orono with a copy of the executed road easement document. <br /> 2. Resolution of the conditional use permit approval shall memorialize the intent and expectation of <br /> future road maintenance to be by the City of Medina. <br /> 3. Approval of the 24-foot paved width rather than 32 feet required by Orono Code for a public <br /> street. <br /> 4. Future spur road connection to be reconsidered at the time the Orono property is developed for <br /> residential use, with a goal of minimizing additional wetland impacts. <br /> 5. Acceptance of wetland fill mitigation per the proposed plans, including wetland improvements to <br /> Wetland G3 within the development site in Medina. <br /> 6. Expectation that the road will be platted at the future time the Orono property is developed for <br /> residential use. <br /> 7. Subject to the applicant addressing how visual impacts of headlights to the property on the west <br /> side of Homestead Trail will be mitigated. <br /> 8. Subject to appropriate agency permits, erosion controls, temporary easements, and road marking <br /> and signage. <br /> 9. Subject to submittal to Orono of as-built drawings for the Orono segment of the project. <br /> 10. Concurrent with final conditional use permit approval by the Orono City Council,the portion of <br /> wetland being filled in Orono to be rezoned so as to not be within the Wetland Overlay District. <br /> Page 7 of 17 <br />