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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, October 20, 2014 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 7 of 28  <br />  <br />15. As part of final plat/PRD approval, the applicants shall enter into a development agreement with <br /> the City and post a financial security required by it. In addition to common development <br /> agreement topics and those identified by other Staff, special elements of the development contract <br /> may include the following items: <br /> <br /> a. Homeowners association organization and funding. <br /> <br /> b. Process for ensuring ongoing ownership and maintenance of the improvements by the <br /> association and the continued participation by all plat residents. <br /> <br /> c. Private property maintenance and use restrictions of the conservation easement. <br /> <br /> d. Notification process for future buyers into the plat as to conservation easement, <br /> homeowners association, and other responsibilities. <br /> <br /> e. Process necessary for replatting of Outlots C and 1 as residential lots, if applicable. <br /> <br /> f. Park dedication requirements specifying the resolution of the proposed park on Outlot 1. <br /> <br /> g. Integration of Prairie Restorations’ recommendations for conservation easement seeding <br /> and maintenance. <br /> <br />Grittman stated the Planning Commission should review the preliminary plat and the issues raised. <br /> <br />Lemke asked what can and cannot happen within the conservation easement. <br /> <br />Grittman stated the conservation easement areas would be restored and then maintained pursuant to the <br />plan submitted by the applicant’s consultant. The homeowners would not be able to locate buildings or <br />structures within the easement with the exception of the septic systems. <br /> <br />Lemke asked if approximately one-third of the trees will be removed and whether those will be replaced. <br /> <br />Grittman stated 258 trees will be removed and the applicants are proposing to plant 359 trees. The tree <br />removal plan calculates the total caliber inches of trees on the site. Approximately 82 percent of the tree <br />size is being preserved and a little less than 18 percent is being removed. Grittman noted the replacement <br />trees would be smaller than what exists currently. <br /> <br />Thiesse noted there is no parking being shown for the park. <br /> <br />Grittman stated there are no public trails shown other than the internal trails identified on the plan. There <br />is a small parking area in the southeast corner consisting of three to four parking spaces that is included. <br />At this time the design of the park is still up in the air but the sketch plan illustrates some limited parking. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated the City’s Comprehensive Plan does not call for a future trail along North Arm but it does <br />call out a trail along County Road 19. Gaffron stated the whole discussion about the park itself and how <br />it will be owned and maintained will be presented by the applicants tonight. <br /> <br />Leskinen asked whether there will be an overall grading for the entire development. <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 11/17/2014 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 10/20/2014 <br />[Page 7 of 28]