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. • <br /> MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSISON MEETING <br /> Monday,October 17,2011 ' <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Koehler indicated it is. <br /> . Schoenzeit asked if the City has any engineering reports on the retaining wall. <br /> Curtis stated Staff does not have any engineering specific to the wall. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if they can request an opinion from an engineer on the wall. <br /> Curtis stated the wall would likely need to be taken apart to find out what is undemeath it and that it <br /> would be difficult to obtain an engineering opinion. <br /> Koehler stated he would have expected someone to have pulled permits on the retaining wall and <br /> evaluated at the time it was constructed. <br /> Curtis stated it was probably pernutted at the time the foundation of the house was constructed. <br /> Robinson stated it likely was engineered given the size of the stones. <br /> Koehler commented it is a massive structure and gets larger as it goes towards the back of the house. <br /> Gaffron stated he is not personally familiaz with property but that on the original approved plan it shows <br /> the top of the wall at 948'. It was also depicted as a 6-foot high wall proposed which ended up being nine <br /> feet. <br /> Leskinen commented additional problems with the drainage could be created by removing a portion of the <br /> retaining wall. <br /> Landgraver asked as it relates to the turnaround, given the angle of the driveway,if the applicant has <br /> considered putting the turnaround in front of the existing garage. <br /> Koehler indicated that would be an option but that he is not sure how that would impact the hardcover. <br /> Schoenzeit noted he would be pushing the hardcover further out into another zone. <br /> Koehler stated he does not need all of the proposed turnaround and that he originally included it for <br /> aesthetic reasons. Koehler state the turnaround could be shortened and relocated. <br /> Landgraver stated given the hardcover restrictions,the applicant may want to relocate the turnaround. <br /> Levang asked whether portions of the driveway could be heated. <br /> Robinson indicated the driveway would then need to be tom out and replaced. <br /> Thiesse commented the current turnaround is difficult to use with a lazger vehicle. <br /> Koehler indicated they have gotten stuck in the driveway a couple of times this past winter. According to <br /> Code,they are required to have a turnaround. Koehler indicated they have to back the car stxaight back <br /> Page 9 <br />