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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, March 17, 2014 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 8 of 26  <br />  <br />Geer indicated it would not be a dense flagstone pattern and it is proposed to be single steppers spaced <br />two feet apart. The hardcover calculation for that would comprise approximately 100 square feet and is <br />not necessarily something that would be included in the plan at this point. <br /> <br />Curtis noted that hardcover would require a variance. <br /> <br />Landgraver asked if there will be vegetation to the right of the west deck. <br /> <br />Geer pointed out the areas of vegetation. Geer noted the drawing is somewhat inaccurate and that some <br />elements are no longer planned to be included within the plan. <br /> <br />Leskinen stated she is wondering why a permit was not sought when the notification from the City last <br />March was pretty clear that a permit was required for any movement outside of the rip-rap. Leskinen <br />stated she has a question why the permit was not applied for until after the work was started. <br /> <br />Nelson indicated when he was brought on to the project in the late fall, he was inaccurately directed on <br />what was applied for and what was not. Since that time the front walkway has been completed within the <br />same footprint as the previous concrete walkway. Work was then started on the larger patio. The walls <br />were constructed as well as the pavers installed. At that point Nelson indicated he talked to Staff about <br />the project and the various things that needed to be done prior to any further work being completed. <br /> <br />Geer indicated there was a different project team involved with demolishing the three-season porch and <br />that they did not have any communication with them. Geer stated they were not aware of the stipulations <br />prior to notification from City Staff. <br /> <br />Lemke asked if a demolition permit was required. <br /> <br />Curtis indicated it is and that a permit had been issued in March of last year. <br /> <br />Chair Leskinen opened the public hearing at 7:05 p.m. <br /> <br />Jim Zimmerman, 2745 Shadywood Road, indicated he has resided next to this property for approximately <br />22 years and that Mr. Randgaard has resided there for approximately ten years. Zimmerman stated in his <br />view Mr. Randgaard has been probably the worst possible neighbor that anyone could have. There have <br />been numerous police calls to the property and it has been cited previously as an unruly house. <br />Zimmerman stated when he first met Tom, he was told by him that he is going to have a lot of bashes at <br />the house, which has proven to be true. <br /> <br />Zimmerman indicated Mr. Randgaard has lived there a couple of brief occasions, with the house being <br />abandoned for approximately two and a half years with the utilities shut off. In addition, the landscape <br />was left to go wild and the gutters have fallen off. Zimmerman stated this has been a problem property in <br />the past and that at one time Mayor Gabriel Jabbour caught Mr. Randgaard bringing tankers on to the <br />property and the police were called. <br /> <br />Zimmerman stated there was never a deck in that area. The two owners who lived there prior to Mr. <br />Randgaard constructed a fully enclosed hot tub room off the master bedroom. <br /> <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - 04/21/2014 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 03/17/2014 <br />[Page 8 of 26]