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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Tuesday,February 21,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> The Planning Commission and City Council should determine if the proposed daycare use is consistent <br /> with the Community Management Plan and/or the neighborhood. The Planning Commission should also <br /> discuss whether any specific conditions should be imposed to mitigate the impacts of the use. <br /> Planning Staff recommends approval of an amendment to the PUD No. 2C Agreement to allow a daycare <br /> use at this site. Staff does not recommend amending the allowed uses within the B-6 District to include <br /> daycare at this time. <br /> Thiesse asked whether discussion on this application should be limited to the PUD. <br /> Gaffron indicated that is correct. Gaffron stated Item No. 3 is regarding the conditional use permit <br /> request and that it would be very difficult to review a proposed use without having some sense of how the <br /> property will be used. <br /> Lemke asked if there is any issue with using the parking area to the east and having access through there. <br /> Gaffron stated when Amber Woods was developed, the City required an easement to allow traffic from <br /> the subject property to go through the senior housing parking lot. That easement has been in place for <br /> approximately 15 years. <br /> Lemke asked if going to the north towards the strip mall would be an option. <br /> Gaffron pointed out the location of the existing infrastructure in the area. Gaffron stated the initial intent <br /> was that the parking area could become a continuation of a road via outlots that exist through the <br /> Sugarwoods subdivision. The easement that was over the Otten Brothers property no longer exists. <br /> Gaffron stated the need to go west with the road is not an immediate need and it is possible there will <br /> never be a need for that. Gaffron stated the grade change makes that connection a little more difficult but <br /> not impossible. <br /> Gaffron noted the use of that area for a daycare play area would eliminate a few parking spaces. <br /> Lemke asked if the truck station would remain. <br /> Gaffron stated Staff has not received any indication that it would be eliminated. <br /> Dale Richardson, CBS-MN Properties, stated in his view the daycare is a good fit for the area and is not <br /> out of character with the rest of the area. Richardson stated they do have plans for the other parts of the <br /> property but that it is still a work in progress at this point. Richardson indicated there would likely be two <br /> buildings on the site or possibly one large building in addition to the existing structure. <br /> Gaffron pointed out the location of the existing structure. <br /> Richardson stated the one building is being contemplated as a medical building and that building would <br /> have parking below, which would compensate for any lost parking. <br /> Chair Thiesse opened the public hearing at 6:50 p.m. <br /> There were no public comments regarding this application. <br /> Page 3 of 32 <br />