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. MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,July18,2016 <br /> 6:30 dclock p.m. <br /> Leskinen noted that area cannot be touched. <br /> Barnhart stated the majority of the trees that are in the area to be removed are box elder but that those less <br /> valuable trees help create the fullness and rural character of the neighborhood. Barnhart stated he does <br /> not expect the developer to replant box elder or ash trees and that they will be planting a different type of <br /> tree in that area. Barnhart noted the site was clear cut five or six years ago and is now overgrown with the <br /> volunteer type trees. <br /> Acting Chair Lemke opened the public hearing at 7:27 p.m. <br /> Julie Lonager, 2565 Lydiard Avenue, asked if the density can be raised later from what is being proposed <br /> now if the zoning is changed to RPUD. <br /> Barnhart stated when the City finally rezones the property, it would be based on a proposed development <br /> package, and to change that would require a modification process to amend the RPUD, which would also <br /> require a public hearing. <br /> Lonager stated there are 28 trees that are not ash or box elder and that on a previous project the Council <br /> required a 10-foot setback from the property line for tree removal but that it does not sound like that is the <br /> case in this application. <br /> Barnhart stated this developer is not proposing a 10-foot buffer to the south or north and that the future <br /> connection to the sanitary sewer will have some impact on the trees. Barnhart stated having a de�ailed <br /> landscape plan will help identify some of those impacts and how they can be lessened. <br /> Frank Masserano, 2560 Kelly Avenue, stated their residential property directly behind the house goes all <br /> the way to Kelly Avenue. Masserano stated he is curious if the City is only requiring seven feet from the <br /> road to the church property line. Masserano stated they lived there when the honey oak trees were cut <br /> down, and now that they are gone, there is no reason not to go in there. <br /> Barnhart stated the proposed project shows 10 feet from the back of curb to the property line. <br /> Masserano stated that is probably a historical setback and that he would prefer the road be located on the <br /> other side of the property. Masserano stated his concern, apart from the 10-foot setback, is to preserve the <br /> trees in the 10-foot area regardless if they are box elders or ash since they provide a nice canopy. <br /> Masserano asked who the registered owner of the property is. <br /> Barnhart indicated DDK is the registered owner according to Hennepin County. <br /> Masserano asked if it would be possible to build an 8-foot cedar fence on their property. Masserano <br /> stated they would be interested in doing that to provide a little more privacy. <br /> Bob Ponzetti, 2545 Kelly, stated he lives across the street from the proposed development and that he is <br /> very much in favor of what is being proposed. Ponzetti stated everyone on Kelly would love to see <br /> nothing constructed on this site but that is not realistic. <br /> Page 11 of 19 <br />