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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, July 28, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 17 (PUBLIC COMMENTS, Continued) Arons stated the residents would also like to know what they should do with the sand that was used to construct the 500-foot berm. Arons stated one option would be for the residents to use it to fill in low spots in their yards or another option would be to place it along the roadway so it could act as a small shoulder. Arons stated the sand should be removed prior to the first snowfall or there will be problems with snow removal. McMillan suggested Mr. Arons speak with City Administrator Loftus about that item. Arons stated there is also a culvert between 1412 and 1416 that should be removed sometime this summer since it has never really been necessary to divert water in that area. Arons stated removal of the culvert would help improve the roadway. PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT 4. #13-3638 SOURCE LAND CAPITAL, 405 NORTH ARM DRIVE – LAKEVIEW GOLF COURSE ROPERTY – CONTINUED SKETCH PLAN REVIEW Gaffron stated the applicants would like to present an updated sketch plan. Based on the City Council’s comments provided at the meeting in March, the applicants have made a number of revisions to their plans. Pat Hiller stated back at the March 24 City Council meeting they were proposing a configuration of 52 lots, with a north and south road connection. At that time the City Council provided some input regarding some of the narrow and odd shaped lots on the southern portion of the site and a desire to minimize the number of lots below two acres. Hiller stated at that time they agreed to come back with another concept plan reflecting those comments. Hiller displayed the previous configuration that was discussed on March 24. Hiller noted they had not completed all the septic testing at that time. Hiller stated their updated plan reflects the final septic testing, with 47 lots now being proposed based on that testing. Hiller stated they are allowed 60 lots based on the dry buildable acreage but that the number of lots has been reduced to 47 due to the septic testing. The lots average 2.4 acres and attempts have been made to clean up the majority of the odd shaped lots. Hiller indicated they spent a considerable amount of time and went through a number of iterations on the layout and the lots that are now reflected are driven by the septic locations and the two acre size. Hiller noted the amount of conservation areas and dedicated green space are the same as previously proposed. There are four lots along North Arm Drive that have been made slightly wider. Lot 47 is approximately 1,000 feet wide and 4.2 acres. Each lot has a primary and alternate septic site, with some of the septic sites being located in the conservation areas. Hiller indicated they tried to design the lots around the septic sites with a north/south road connection. Hiller stated their number one criteria, was two acre lots and that all but two lots have a minimum of two acres. Those two lots consisted of1.7 acres.