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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 29 of 59  <br />  <br />additional water to help appease the neighborhood. Schoenzeit stated he does not see the developer being <br />able to go beyond what is in the code given all the issues present. <br /> <br />Thiesse suggested the developer be asked if he would like the application tabled. <br /> <br />Leskinen asked whether the applicant would like the Planning Commission to vote on the application <br />tonight or table it. Leskinen stated it appears the Planning Commission is not in a position to make a <br />recommendation to go forward with the proposal given the information that is in front of them. <br /> <br />Bessesen indicated he is in agreement with that statement. Bessesen indicated he has spent quite a bit of <br />money with Jacobs Engineering Environmental Group to do an environmental and wetland study of the <br />site. In addition, Wenck Engineering has signed off with the Watershed District and are agreement that it <br />is a Class III wetland on about a half-acre. Bessesen noted he does have an easement and that he can go <br />through the property on Shadywood. <br /> <br />Bessesen stated he had felt a development for senior citizens or empty nesters would have less of an <br />impact. Bessesen stated he has met with Staff and the Watershed District on the application and that they <br />are proposing less than 20 percent hardcover on the site. Bessesen indicated a storm sewer pond would <br />not be necessary and that they would be able to manage the runoff with landscaping and so forth. <br /> <br />Bessesen stated his goals were to create a development that would have a low impact on the site as well as <br />preserve as many trees as possible. Bessesen noted the City does not have a tree ordinance and that on <br />the property outside of the protected area that the Delaneys signed, he would be able to cut down as many <br />trees as he wants to. Bessesen stated if four single-family homes are constructed on the site, a large <br />number of trees would need to be cut down. <br /> <br />Bessesen indicated he also spent a lot of time with Hennepin County in discussions trying to get them to <br />give him permission to put a road to Delaney’s other piece of property and they said they have no <br />intention of letting him go across that property to service County Road 19 because there is already a city <br />street in there. Bessesen stated he has tried to put access off of Shadywood but that he was not successful. <br /> <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 10/20/2014 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 09/15/2014 <br />[Page 29 of 59]