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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 10, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9 of 31 (4. #14-3669 MARK AND KRISTEN ANDERSON, 3850 WATERTOWN ROAD – REVISED GRADING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PLAN, Continued) as effective as to how much sticks to the soil. Martini noted there are redundancies built into the erosion control requirements to assure the assets downstream are protected and that not much more can be done. McMillan stated in the short-term things will not look great but the important thing is to come up with a long-term solution. McMillan stated hopefully there will not be any major problems that occur with heavy rains and those will have to be dealt with if they do occur. Martini stated Staff has attempted to address as many of those issues as possible but that they are at a point where Staff believes additional information is required in order to be able to assure the adjacent property owners will not be impacted. Bremer stated she would encourage the Hedbergs or their representatives to approach the City if they see anything that is of concern to them. Bremer moved, Levang seconded, Application No. 14-3669, Mark and Kristen Anderson, 3850 Watertown Road, to direct Staff to request the applicant submit a new application amending the original conditional use permit based on the increase in the scope of the project. Levang stated when someone says 10,000 cubic yards, it is difficult to envision that, and that it may be helpful to have the number of truck loads identified when these types of applications are discussed. McMillan stated the applicant should make sure there is enough environmental mitigation in this situation. Since the applicant is achieving a more level area, it would be nice to see that they are interested in adding some environmental improvements. McMillan stated if there is a way to enhance this situation and make a positive out of a not so positive, the Council would be open to that, but the Council would like it to look natural in the end. Levang noted this is a historical piece of land and it has a tremendous history. Levang stated there likely will be a lot of people in favor of that continuing as a beautiful piece of land. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 5. #14-3690 FRED JOHNSON (C/D PURCHASER), PATRICIA PFEFFER (SELLER), 1565 ORCHARD BEACH PLACE – VARIANCES AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Gaffron noted the applicant was before the City Council at the October 13 meeting requesting a number of variances and a conditional use permit and variance for filling and grading within 75 feet of the lake. At that time the City Council voted 4 – 0 to table the requested variances and conditional use permit to allow time for further consideration of whether to allow development of this property. Gaffron stated one of the new pieces of information included in the Council packet is a comparison of this lot to other lots in the neighborhood. One of the reasons for tabling the application was to consider how or whether development of this property for a single-family residence would be in character with the surrounding neighborhood. Staff has prepared some comparative tables contrasting this property with all