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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, July 8, 2013 <br />7:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br />  <br />    Page 3 of 13   <br />(5. #13-3604 ESKUCHE ASSOCIATES ON BEHALF OF NEIL AND BARBARA GOODWIN, <br />2975 CASCO POINT ROAD, VARIANCES – PUBLIC HEARING, Continued) <br /> <br />Curtis indicated she has not received any. <br /> <br />McMillan asked what the status of the grading plan is for the 0-75 foot area and whether Staff is okay <br />with the plan. <br /> <br />Curtis stated Staff is generally okay with the submitted plan Staff will be reviewing the grading plan <br />further at the time the building permit is issued. <br /> <br />McMillan noted she did visit the site today and that she has a question regarding the trees in the area. <br />McMillan asked if all the young trees would be removed as part of the grading plan. McMillan indicated <br />she has an additional concern with the flagstone and whether that would be considered extra hardcover. <br /> <br />Curtis stated the color rendering is misleading and that the grade area will be a pervious surface. The <br />flagstone will be randomly placed in a circular pattern and will be considered hardcover. <br /> <br />McMillan asked if the flagstone will be placed on top of gravel. <br /> <br />Curtis indicated that has not been fully determined at this point. <br /> <br />McMillan noted the neighbor to the north had a fire pit with grass around it and that she could not tell if <br />the applicants’ fire pit was going to be located further into the slope. McMillan indicated she has a <br />concern with how much grading was going to occur in the 0-75 foot area. McMillan stated generally the <br />City allows people to replace what exists and that she is not sure how often the City has allowed flagstone <br />fire pits. <br /> <br />Levang asked whether there is going to be any hardcover in the 0-75 foot zone. <br /> <br />Curtis indicated there will be stairs, some retaining walls, and the pavers in the 0-75 foot area. <br />Barbara Goodwin, Applicant, stated currently the lakeshore consists of timber retaining walls and a <br />wooden deck that is deteriorating. Goodwin indicated they would like to remove the existing retaining <br />walls and they have hired Norling Landscape to design a plan that grades the lakeshore approximately 20 <br />feet back from where the retaining walls begin with a gradual slope down to the lake. The deck and <br />retaining walls will be removed but it will require stairs down to the lake, which will consist of <br />meandering flagstone steps and pathway. As it relates to the fire pit, it will be located approximately one- <br />fourth of the way down the slope in a currently flat area. Goodwin indicated it will not be one of those <br />big paver fire pits but will consist of just a few flagstones in a circular pattern. The current flat areas will <br />consist of grass. <br /> <br />Levang asked what will be done with the gazebo. <br /> <br />Goodwin indicated that will be removed and the hardcover has been reduced from 28 percent to 24 <br />percent. <br /> <br />McMillan asked if they will be utilizing the existing soil. <br /> <br />Item #03 - CC Agenda - 07/22/2013 <br />Approval of Council Minutes 07/08/2013 <br />[Page 3 of 13]