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The building location also supports the building height. We positioned the building to take advantage of the topography of the site and to minimize any visual impact along County Rd 19. The site slopes away from the road and toward the wetland to the south and east. By using this topography we are abie to angle the building away from the street with only having a corner of the building at the front setback. The rest of the building will fall away from the street thus keeping an open view along the road corridor. The topography also allows us to step the building down to 3 stories in front and a partial fourth floor to the back. The penthouse apartments will be set back away from the front building line and placed in the northeast side of the building. In this location the penthouses are away from public view and transitions in height from the existing Freshwater Office building to the north and the residential homes to the south. The site is separated from the residents to the south by 590 and 380 feet respectively with a band of existing mature trees. Lake views of the building will be minimal since the building is on a non-usable part of the lake with few homes. The proposed 54-foot building height matches the height of the Freshwater building when viewing from the east. The 42-foot height also matches the height of the Freshwater building southwest corner along County Road 19. Wetland. The wetland is o"Preserve" wetland ond will require o 75 foot buffer from the MCWD with on additional 10 foot city required setback from the buffer. The wetland has been delineated and we have identified the 75-foot buffer line on our plan. In speaking with the Watershed they noted that the buffer size can be averaged to accommodate the building and that replacement buffers may be allowed on the office site to the north in order to provide buffering along the wetland edge where none exist today. We are improving the quality of the lake by incorporating buffers and ponds for stormwater treatment plus improving existing conditions to the Freshwater Office site. We will continue to work with the Watershed and the city to provide an acceptable buffer. (See attached meeting summary) From the above meetings and the comments that we received we prepared a site plan and building elevations that we believe supports the direction given to us and continues to be a viable project. The plan respects the views of the neighboring homes and the views along County Rd 19. It is designed to transition from the 52,000 sq. ft. Freshwater Office building to the north and the homes to the south. We have not conducted soil borings specifically to this site but Mr. Ugorets has conducted soil borings for his parking lot improvements on the Freshwater Office building. The borings closest to the proposed apartment building did not encounter ground water in the 14-foot deep boring. The wetland delineation reports also did not encounter ground water. Based on this information we are not expecting to encounter groundwater during construction or have it impact the project. We will conduct further borings as we move forward with the project. RECEIVED � � � �� JAN ? 8'?t71i CITY OF ORONO