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L T , U • s MINUTES OF REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 28,1988 ZONING FILE #1334 - REBERS CONTINUED agreement will ultimately need to be drafted, reviewed and approved by City Staff and the Planning Commission. Many of the restrictions will be included in the individual deeds to each lot. Lastly, Goetten wanted to see the developer work with the P latteters in solving their concerns about trespassing. Councilmember Nettles asked if there would be a need to upgrade Brown Road based on traffic count alone? City Engineer Cook said there would be an increase of 200 to 250 trips maximum on Brown Road as a result of this development. Car traffic does very little damage to the structural strength of the road. Currently there are 1700 trips on the south end of Brown and 1100 on the north end. Cook said that amount of traffic was low and would have little impact, even with the increased traffic from the new development. Mayor Grabek asked how construction vehicles would affect Brown Road? Cook said that would have the largest impact and that alternatives should be examined or. an agreement be made with the developer to repair any damage to Brown Road caused by the construction. Nettles questioned whether the concentration of lots on the north property line were in keeping with the rural atmosphere of Orono. He would prefer to see a reduction in the number of houses in that area to 3 or 4, rather than 6. He felt that planting mature evergreens in that area should also be required whether or not the number of lots is reduced. Councilmember Peterson explained that she was absent from the Council meeting when the rezoning was approved. She indicated that she would not have voted for the rezoning and she would not vote in favor of the subdivision. She concurred with Nettles and Goetten in that the Platteters concerns should be addressed. She too believed that at one time the plan called for 2 acre lot sizes along the northern boundary. Peterson asked about the proposed multi - family unit. Councilmember Callahan clarified that the concept of the multi - family unit was shown when the entire parcel, commercial and residential was being discussed. Peterson expressed her belief that Orono - should keep its rural atmosphere and the Rebers development did not support that concept. Councilmember Callahan said he was not opposed to any of the compromises discussed for the northern section of the development. He felt that Mr. Rebers had tried to work with the City over the last 2 years and the present proposal was already a compromise. He believed that screening along the northern property line was reasonable. The issues involving Brown Road, sewer and Highway 12 would exist without this development. All in all, he was conceptually in favor of the proposal. Mayor Grabek mentioned the fact that Building and Zoning Administrator Mabusth was also a resident on North Brown Road. Mr. Shardlow presented this matter to avoid any potential for 14