01-12-1976 Council Meeting Minutes

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� ORONO COUNCIL PZE�TING HELD JANUARY 12 , 1976 Page 8 3 The Commission recommended to the Council approval VARIANCE of the fill and drainage plan with the following 1055 T��est Ferndale Road �tipulations: (Continued) i l, That the plan allow only the normal fill and � grading required for the house plan previously presented to the City, � 2o Only natural fill materials be allowed in the house constructiono � 3, That the City Engineer approve the plana �, That the retaining wall be taken out of the � plan and the area left in its natural state. � =3 letter from Engineer Rick Sathre, representing � �-he City° s Engineering Department, stated thato • "zn accordance with your letter of Jan�aary 60 1976, I have made an on-site inspection of the subject � �rc�perty and have the follo�aing comments and reconunendations, � T3ie plan as submitted, entitled Drainage Plan, ?'ro}�osal A, calls for the grading of a drainage d�tch on the southerly edge of Ferndale Road -�o the easto This ditcho if constructed, would � I `eel, result in the loss of several large trees easterly of the proposed house location s �h� right-of-way of Ferndale ltoad, A ditch, � _ f constructed, would necessitate the installation of two culverts; one each under the existing � driveway and the pronosed drivewaya These r.:>nsequences of constructing the ditch as • p.ro�osed, lead me to believe that this is not 1-he pro�er solution to this drainage problem. � T ��ould recommend that the owner he directed to + r�t��.in the low area along Ferndale Road an3 his �, nc:��h��esterly pro��erty line in its natural a�:ate and to construct a flat drainage si��ale �► retween the two elm trees (to the west of the ~�roposed house) and the westerly property lineo � �'his ditch should have a bottom elevation of 933, Under �his proposal, the minimal amount of �' ��rater normally entering this drainage way ��ould � ��e percolated into the soil, thereby creating no airect run-off to the lake. In the event of � '_arge rainfall, however, the s�aale would allow the water which is hacked up, to overflow � :�n_to the lake. If these recommendations are i��lo��red, the low area will function very much S zs it does presently, in that the overflow to the �ake at present, occurs when the water reaches ��"33 elevationo This occurs after the pocketing f_ water to a depth of roughly 5 inchese Since th� c•aater would not be retained to a level higher � th�n is presently the case, the adjoining property ��.zer to the west should have no cause for alarmo " y f (Continued)