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> <br /> ` MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Tuesday,November 12,2013 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (7. #13-3631 LANDSOURCE,LLC(TODD HOLMERS),3700 NORTHERNAVENUE, <br /> SUBDIVISION—PRELIMINARYPLAT—PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, <br /> Continued) <br /> Stickney stated Mark Gronberg created the plan. <br /> McMillan asked if there would need to be a homeowners association for the outlot. <br /> Levang stated to her understanding it is an option and that it could either be set up that each individual <br /> owner owns a portion of it or it could be a common area. <br /> Gaffron stated there will be maintenance issues with the outlot, and that without a homeowners <br /> association of some sort,there will be a question about ownership. Gaffron stated he does not see a <br /> simple way to have the outlot without it being owned by the group as a whole. <br /> Printup asked if Staff knows how many homeowners associations there are in the City. <br /> Gaffron stated the City does not keep track of individual homeowner associations but that they range from <br /> formal to informal. Gaffron indicated there are probably around 60 homeowners associations and that <br /> they correlate with the private roads. <br /> Levang asked how the trail was developed. <br /> Stickney stated that came about as a result of the meeting and his prior development experience. <br /> Levang stated she is not in favor of the trail. <br /> Gaffron stated in order for some of the lots to gain access to the back part of their property,it would be <br /> necessary for there to be a path. Gaffron stated it is likely the trail would need to be within the buffer, <br /> which would likely not be approved by the Watershed District. <br /> McMillan stated she has a difficult time creating more than four lots and that one of the purposes of <br /> cluster development is to preserve open spaces. McMillan stated the issue with clustering on this lot is <br /> that the southern portion of the site is maxed out. <br /> Stickney commented they could also construct a road back there which would not be ideal. <br /> Levang noted this is a piece of land that has not been developed previously. <br /> Stickney stated they are not proposing anything out of the ordinary as it relates to lot sizes. <br /> McMillan stated a lot of the lots around Lake Minnetonka were platted prior to the adoption of many of <br /> the City's regulations. McMillan stated this is an opportunity to develop this piece of land to code and <br /> that there has to be some very strong reasons to cluster and add more density to this area. McMillan <br /> noted the City did approve cluster development at Creekside due to the topography. McMillan stated <br /> while this property does have a wetland, development is not overly difficult as it relates to the <br /> topography. , <br /> Page 7 of 36 <br />