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. , , , <br /> Christine Mattson <br /> From: Jesse Struve <br /> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 2:25 PM <br /> To: Christine Mattson <br /> Subject: FW: 4156 Highwood Site Plan - Retaining <br /> Attachments: Musgjerd Site Plan.pdf; SURVEY 4156 Highwood Rd.pdf <br /> FYI <br /> Jesse Struve, PE <br /> Director of Public Works/City Engineer <br /> City of Orono <br /> (952) 249-4661- Direct <br /> (952) 249-4616- Fax <br /> www.ci.orono.mn.us <br /> From: Jesse Struve <br /> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:35 AM <br /> To: 'scott.musgjerd@ubs.com' <br /> Cc: Melanie Curtis <br /> Subject: RE: 4156 Highwood Site Plan - Retaining <br /> Scott, <br /> Thank you for the landscaping drawings and the original site plan. Unfortunately your proposed landscaping plan will <br /> need to be resubmitted and potentially require going back to the council for approval. As we discussed on site (June 11), <br /> you were inquiring about removing some lilac bushes close to the property line with the City's right-of-way. It wasn't <br /> completely clear if the lilac bushes further up the hill were located on City property or not. Finally you had some <br /> questions related to the unofficial pathway located on the City property. <br /> As we discussed you were going to have your surveyor add the lilac locations and the pathway on either the survey or <br /> the landscaping plan to show if the bushes were indeed on your land or not. Then I could review the survey or <br /> landscape plan and tell you if they could be removed or not. We also discussed, if they were on the City property,we <br /> would need to go to the City council for authorization where they would either grant the removal or deny it. <br /> The issue I see now is your landscaping plan is vastly different than what was approved with your building permit. There <br /> are retaining walls up to the property line (required to be 5' off the line),there are additional walls which were not <br /> approved,there is a proposed steps coming off the patio which impact a proposed drainage swale, and these steps will <br /> be counted as hardcover. I don't recall for certain, but I think you may be at the 25%hardcover limit from what was <br /> approved with your variance. If that is the case,you would not be allowed to add these steps without going back to the <br /> council for approval (another variance request). <br /> In terms of placing some sod in the area which is currently failing down by the lake,that would be ok, but the removal of <br /> the lilacs and a good portion of your landscaping plan was not approved with your building permit. You may want to talk <br /> with Melanie about the process you would have to go through for your proposed landscaping plan if it is going to be <br /> different than what was approved with the building permit. <br /> I can be reached directly at 952-249-4661 or at jstruve@ci.orono.mn.us with any questions or concerns. <br /> Jesse Struve, PE <br /> Director of Public Works/City Engineer <br /> 1 <br />