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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 12, 2007 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 19 (#06-3238 Vogue ICF Homes, Continued) work that has already been completed on the house, subject to the condition that no further walls be removed and further subject to additional building plans being submitted as required by Staff. White inquired whether the plans that Staff has received are adequate. Turner stated Staff has not received the final structural plans. Vogstrom stated Staff should have the structural plans but that he does not have the report back from the soils engineer and that he will have that report to Staff as soon as possible. City Attorney Brokl inquired whether the approval is contingent upon the satisfaction of City Staff, including the building inspector, that the plans that have been submitted are adequate, and until that is completed, the red tag remains in place. It was the consensus of the City Council that the red tag would remain in place until all required plans are submitted to the satisfaction of Staff. Murphy seconded the above motion. McMillan inquired whether there are other options the City has on this application. Turner stated one of the options is they could rebuild the house as it originally existed or completely demolish the existing house and leave the property vacant. Gaffron stated another possibility would be to bring in revised plans that depict a completely different house in a different location. Gaffron stated the Council does have the ability to send the application back to the Planning Commission. Murphy stated he would be inclined to proceed with Staff’s option if the Council did not have the commitment by the builder to construct the house as originally approved. Murphy stated the new residence would be a better structure than what exists. McMillan noted redoing the plans would be expensive but that the demolition in her view was so extensive in this situation that it should go back to the Planning Commission for their review. McMillan stated had the City known the extent of the demolition that was going to occur, they would have gone a different route on this application. Vogstrom stated the owners already have a considerable amount of money invested into this project and that they have been told by the Fire Department that they need to retain the turnaround due to the narrowness of the road. If the house is constructed in a different location, they would be blocking the view of the other homes. Item #03 - CC Agenda - 03/26/07 Approval of Council Minutes 03/12/07 [Page 6 of 19]