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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Tuesday, January 21, 2014 <br />6:30 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />Page 17 of 26  <br />  <br />be filled once a week. Kujawa stated the companies they currently utilize have early morning or off hours <br />refilling available. <br /> <br />Landgraver asked if the gas tank would be used to fill the marina boats. <br /> <br />Kujawa indicated it would not be. <br /> <br />Schoenzeit asked if the tank would need to be filled several times a week if there were retail sales of gas. <br /> <br />Kujawa stated they would probably fill the tank before the weekend and at the beginning of the week, <br />which is what they are currently doing. <br /> <br />Thiesse noted a 4-foot diameter tank by 20-foot long with six inches of sand and concrete on top would <br />be five and a half feet below grade without any fill on top. Thiesse stated if they add another foot and a <br />half of fill on top, the tank will be close to seven to eight feet into the ground. Thiesse asked if there was <br />water found a foot down by the boring. <br /> <br />Kujawa stated he expects there will be some water that will need to be pumped out and some mitigation. <br />The contractor has indicated they have done similar projects and that they will comply with the permitting <br />requirements. <br /> <br />Acting Chair Landgraver opened the public hearing at p.m. <br /> <br />Matt Johnson, 1432 Shoreline Drive, asked if the area for the fuel storage tank is currently a parking lot. <br /> <br />Gaffron indicated it is. <br /> <br />Johnson asked if cars would be able to park on top on the tank. <br /> <br />Gaffron stated they would be. <br /> <br />Johnson stated before he purchased his property, he called the City to make sure the property next to him <br />was zoned residential, which he was told it was. Johnson stated part of the discussion tonight is the <br />combination of the lots, and that the recurring theme is that there is no master plan but rather a <br />piecemealing of little portions. Johnson stated with the gas storage tank, they are now also talking about <br />rezoning the property next to his to commercial. <br /> <br />Johnson commented the process has been going on a very long time and that he has attempted to be <br />involved with it as much as he could, but that there needs to be a master plan to address whether there is <br />enough parking. Johnson stated he understood the last time that there was not proper scaled parking <br />shown for the property, and to say that more parking will not be eliminated is hard to believe since the <br />tank is in the middle of the parking lot. <br /> <br />Johnson noted he is the residential property that would be most impacted and that there has to be a master <br />plan before approving little components to make sure this is in Orono’s best interests. Johnson stated <br />other neighbors are present tonight and that they are interested in what is going on with this property, but <br />before anyone makes any commitment, they need to have a better understanding of the master plan for the <br />entire site. <br />Item #01 - PC Agenda - * 02/18/2014 <br />Approval of Planning Commission Minutes 01/21/14 <br />[Page 17 of 26]