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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,November 20,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> In addition to the City's CUP requirements for filling/grading within the floodplain district activity is <br /> subject to a floodplain alteration permit governed by the MCWD. The applicant has submitted an <br /> • application to the MCWD along with the required plans and engineering. Staff finds the proposed <br /> vacation and conditional use permits for the project reasonable. <br /> Staff does not support filling in the wetland for the beach improvements. <br /> The Planning Commission should discuss the impact of trucking and hauling earth to and from this site <br /> and whether conditions should be imposed in order to mitigate the impacts created by the granting of the <br /> variances. <br /> Suggested motions have been included in Staff report,including recommended conditions. Staff <br /> recommends denial of the wetland filling for the beach improvements. <br /> Thiesse asked if anything has changed dramatically from the preliminary plat. Thiesse stated it is his <br /> recollection the Planning Commission had placed a limit on the amount of fill that could be brought in. <br /> Oakden stated she is not sure how that corresponded with the City Council's final approval but that she <br /> will look into that. <br /> Thiesse stated it was direction to the applicant to provide an idea of the amount of fill that would be <br /> brought in. <br /> Curt Fretham,Lake West Development, noted the Planning Commission has previously reviewed this and <br /> that he is here to answer any questions. <br /> Thiesse asked if the plan is pretty similar to what was reviewed before. <br /> Fretham stated the 8-foot driveway was felt not to be practical and that a 12-foot width is now being <br /> proposed. Fretham noted the Planning Commission also discussed the 2-foot elevation of the existing <br /> home and that it was recommended they consider going a little higher, which is why it was raised it <br /> another foot. Fretham noted that increased the amount of fill a little. <br /> Thiesse asked where the beach is located and whether they can live without it. <br /> Fretham pointed out the location of the proposed beach. Fretham indicated those two spots would be 12 <br /> feet wide on each lot and that they are asking for access to the lake for each home. Fretham noted this <br /> site has over 600 feet of shoreline but yet there is not a place to access the lake. Fretham stated the lot <br /> next door has 60 feet of beach and so do the other neighbors. <br /> Landgraver asked what his defmition is of a beach. <br /> Fretham stated that area is currently defined as a wetland and that he does not know the technical <br /> terminology of what defines a wetland. Fretham stated a beach to him means that it would have an <br /> opening that would be free to the water. <br /> Landgraver asked whether it would be rocks or lawn. <br /> Page 13 of 21 <br />