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ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 28, 1996 • PARK COMMISSION COMMENTS Park Commissioner White stated the Antoine Park neighborhood group meetings have been very fruitful. The meetings have addressed upgrades to equipment and have given the Park Commission good comments. The Commission is also working on the park master plan. The summer intern has worked very well and the master plan is coming along nicely. PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS Planning Commissioner Hawn had no comments at this time. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no comments from the public. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT ( 5.) #2128 ORONO HOCKEY BOOSTERS, INC., 1025 OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD NORTH - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT /VARIANCES - RESOLUTION • Mark Engebretson, Orono Ice Arena, Inc. and Victor P architect were present. Mabusth stated the Orono Ice Arena Inc. was proposing an indoor ice arena 163' by 251' on a 4.4 acre parcel located in a 2 acre rural residential zoning. In March of '96 the City amended the Conditional Use section of the zoning code under "Schools" to allow an indoor ice arena as long as it was located on the school property, the structure would meet the required 50' setback from all lot lines, that the arena would not be divided from the school property by a road, and the facility would either be owned and operated by the school or by a non - profit organization. The applicant must also demonstrate the financial capability of funding at least 80% of the total project cost, this is included in your information. The three variances are not related to the new section of the code. The variances are: 1.) setback from Old Crystal Bay Road for the parking proposed at 19.3', 2.) parking stall variance at 91 stalls, and 3.) signage variance. Mabusth stated the applicant must protect the wetland areas found on property. If any changes are to be made they must first go to the Watershed District and the Corps of Engineers before coming to the city. The applicants have paid attention to the elevations in an attempt to keep noise from this facility from venting out onto the adjacent properties. If air conditioning is added at a later date the condenser will be located behind a masonry wall to minimize any noise. The only opening is a door that is only opened in cases of emergency on the west side. Callahan stated that items #13 and #15 are related issues to this application and should C7