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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, February 11, 2013 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  Page 16 of 24   <br />   <br /> <br />(6. #12-3582 COLSON CUSTOM HOMES ON BEHALF OF BWB HOLDINGS, LLC, 4731 <br />NORTH SHORE DRIVE – VARIANCE – RESOLUTION – TABLED, Continued) <br /> <br />Levang asked how close the deck is to the top of the bluff. <br /> <br />Curtis indicated it is probably just a few feet. The deck was moved out of the area that the Planning <br />Commission saw as the bluff depicted on the survey they reviewed. Since the deck is going to be built on <br />post footings and not have a foundation, the impact to the bluff is not as severe. <br /> <br />Levang noted it is still a few feet from the top of the bluff. <br /> <br />McMillan asked if the application has to be renoticed for public hearing. <br /> <br />Mattick indicated what is being discussed is not a substantial change and that it would not need to be <br />renoticed. <br /> <br />Colson stated they have been trying for quite some time to get this approved and that they initially felt <br />that it would go through relatively quickly since it was already approved in 2006. <br /> <br />Printup stated since this plan has previously been approved, the only thing that stood for him out was the <br />deck. Printup indicated he is okay with the deck going into the bluff impact zone. <br /> <br />Colson stated being a deck, there are other things they can do in order to carry the load points for the <br />deck. Colson indicated on one side of the property there is more of a swale between the two properties <br />and that there is not lakeshore there. <br /> <br />Levang stated she would be in favor of the application going back to the Planning Commission. <br /> <br />McMillan indicated she also would be in favor of the Planning Commission revisiting the plan. <br /> <br />Levang stated she would also like the DNR to weigh in on this application since there was a failure in the <br />past. <br /> <br />Curtis indicated she does not know whether that would happen before the Planning Commission meeting <br />but that she will forward the information to the DNR. <br /> <br />John Rodel, 4725 North Shore Drive, stated the reason the hillside failed was that a number of years ago <br />whoever lived there threw all their garbage over the side. When the hillside failed, there were plastic <br />bottles and milk cartons that caused the less friction slide that sent the entire hillside into the lake. Rodel <br />stated it was a garbage issue and not a structural dirt issue. Rodel stated hopefully the subject property <br />does not have this same problem. <br /> <br />Colson stated the deck will not disturb the soil and that it could be as simple as drilling a screw into the <br />ground. Colson stated they will not be changing or disturbing the soil. <br /> <br />Levang moved, Bremer seconded, to send Application #12-3582, Colson Custom Homes on behalf <br />of BWB Holdings, LLC, 4731 North Shore Drive, back to the Planning Commission for an <br />additional review at their February meeting. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />Item #02 - CC Agenda - 02/25/2013 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 02/11/2013 <br />[Page 16 of 24]