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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday,May 8,2017 7:00 o'clock p.m. 14. #17-3910 LAKE WEST DEVELOPMENT,LLC,3245 WAYZTA BOULEVARD WEST, INTERIM USE PERMIT: TEMPORARY USE FOR CONSTRUCTION STAGING.—Continued Engleman noted the permit says nothing about stockpiling dirt and that he is not sure why they are doing it. Walsh stated Staff will be speaking with all the parties involved. Seals moved,Printup seconded,to table Application No. 17-3910,Lake West Development,LLC, 3245 Wayzata Boulevard West,Interim Use Permit: Temporary Use for Construction Staging. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. 15. #17-3941 LAKE WEST DEVELOPMENT,LLC, OB/O RICK AND BARBARA LUPIENT,3580 IVY PLACE, SKETCH PLAN REVIEW Curt Fretham, Lake West Development,was present. Gaffron stated this is a sketch plan review for a proposed 2-lot subdivision of a vacant property located at the northerly end of Ivy Place on Casco Point. The property currently consists of three tax parcels just totaling over two acres. It is located at the end of a peninsula. Each of the two lots would exceed the 1/2- acre minimum lot size of the LR-1 C district. It requires 100-foot lot width. The property has remained vacant since it was created by filling the wetlands in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The property is encumbered by a number of easements and does not abut a dedicated public roadway except via easements across the adjoining property at 3560 Ivy Place. It was originally platted as tracts W and X back in 1955. Gaffron displayed an aerial photograph of the property back in the 1950s. A progression of aerial photos shows how the property evolved through the years,mainly through the placement of fill in the area of the wetlands. By 1967,the area is totally filled in and there are very few trees. In 1971,the property is starting to be filled in with volunteer trees such as buckthorn. In 1975,there was an application to replat the property from three lots to two lots,which is what is being proposed today. That application was approved by the City Council but the property owner never filed the plat. At that time a number of the nearby neighbors were opposed to the subdivision saying that the area was filled. In 1975, Orono completed a wetland inventory and identified the entire property as wetland. Gaffron stated he is not sure why it was identified as wetland at that time. Today there is one little wetland approximately 10' x 17' and is difficult to recognize as wetland. Gaffron indicated he spoke with the DNR about this property within the last year and they have indicated they are not opposed to someone building on the site. There are a variety of existing easements on and adjacent to the property. There is also a sewer line that runs along the southwest shoreline. Gaffron noted the City restored that shoreline along with the Watershed District. Some of the easements on the property include an easement for a cul-de-sac,which was never built; a private driveway easement; a roadway easement; a view easement which limits the number, location and height of the homes; and various utility easements.T'he applicant has approached Page 17 of 34