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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) White stated he reluctantly supports the motion. White noted the structural plans were only provided after the project was red tagged even though they should have been submitted prior to the building permit being issued. VOTE: Ayes 3, Nays 1, McMillan Opposed. 5. #07-3250 PHILIP CARLSON, 2060 WAYZATA BOULEVARD WEST – PUD – RESOLUTION NO. 5585 Gina Carlson and Philip Carlson, Applicants, and Jeff Shopek with Loucks and Associates, were present. Gaffron stated the applicants are requesting the following in order to construct ten units of office condos on five lots and one common lot, to be known as Amber Woods Office Centre: 1. B-6 PUD General Concept Plan approval. 2. Preliminary Plat approval in order to create five unit lots and one common lot. 3. Commercial Site Plan approval in order to obtain building permits. 4. Easement Vacations in conjunction with dedication of new easements. The Planning Commission reviewed this at its January and February meetings, and on February 20th, voted 7-0 to recommend approval, subject to a few additional conditions. Gaffron stated the following issues remain unresolved: 1. Retaining wall design. The issue of whether the retaining walls will be of Keystone block or boulders is both an engineering concern and an aesthetic question. The applicants’ engineer and the City Engineer have been discussing the engineering issues, which include the ability to construct walls as located on the plan without affecting the adjoining properties to the north and east and stability of the boulder wall systems. 2. Access easements. The City’s goal is that the public have the right to traverse the applicants’ property via vehicles, foot, etc., from the senior housing driveway directly across to the welding shop site and up through the applicants’ parking lot to connect with Outlot D, Sugar Woods, the potential future rear service road. This is not intended to be an outlot corridor, nor do we want to create new lot boundaries that require setbacks. To that end, an easement or some other method of establishing those rights, such as a condition of the PUD approval, is necessary. We would expect that this right would extend over the entire parking lot system and driving lanes, as well as the connection points to the adjoining properties. The City Engineer has suggested that the corridor across the front of the site should Item #03 - CC Agenda - 03/26/07 Approval of Council Minutes 03/12/07 [Page 7 of 19]