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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, September 15, 2014 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 27 of 59  <br />  <br />Berg stated maybe the answer is three units to limit the impact. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated the Planning Commission does not have control over that. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit noted it is zoned and guided for four homes. <br /> <br />Landgraver stated fundamentally there has been some good discussion and that perhaps the applicants <br />have experience with these types of discussions before and that it might be good to take a time out and <br />talk to the neighbors. <br /> <br />Lemke indicated he is in agreement with Council Member Landgraver. Lemke stated the water issues <br />and traffic are major concerns. <br /> <br />McGrann stated the City will need to deal with the flooding and traffic issues whether it is single-family <br />lots or higher density. McGrann stated when you have a group of people that purchase or invest or own <br />homes, if what is being developed is in there at the time they purchase the property, they understand it, <br />but when you start changing the zoning to potentially something different, people have a different <br />reaction. <br /> <br />Thiesse stated he agrees wholeheartedly with that. Based on the City’s Code, the applicants could <br />construct four large homes as well as two driveways, which may be worse than what is being proposed. <br />Thiesse stated with this much pushback from the neighbors and the fact that there is a Comprehensive <br />Plan Amendment required, he cannot be in support of it. <br /> <br />Berg asked if the application needs to be presented differently based on what Mr. Mack had stated earlier. <br /> <br />Mack stated that is his understanding. Mack stated he came into this project after the sketch plan and that <br />both he and Gaffron met with the developers. Mack stated he would like to have Mike Gaffron comment <br />a little bit on where the breakdown was in Staff’s interpretation of the Code. Mack stated he would like <br />to apologize to the applicants but that he wants to make sure that what the City is doing is correct <br />according to the City’s laws. <br /> <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 10/20/2014 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 09/15/2014 <br />[Page 27 of 59]