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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,August 21,2017 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Tera White stated they do not have a problem currently but it is the addition of hardcover that they are <br /> concerned about. White stated the water appears to be diverted to a swale that is very close to their house <br /> and that it will be creating a problem that does not currently exist. <br /> Fretham noted there will actually a mound in that area. <br /> Tera White stated it does not assure her that they will not get runoff onto their property. <br /> Thiesse noted they have contours that show the water will go down Casco and onto the subject property. <br /> Fretham stated they are not diverting any water onto the White's property and that it should improve their <br /> situation. Fretham noted they will also be adding some underground stormwater treatment on Lots 1 <br /> and 2. <br /> Thiesse asked how he proposes to address the existing roadway and construction traffic. <br /> Fretham stated they are planning to do a thorough analysis of the road independent of what the City does, <br /> and if the road is damaged,they will be accountable,but they will know what it looked like before they <br /> start. <br /> Fretham stated even though the sewer and gas lines are on the subject property,they are not in their way <br /> and they are not planning to do anything about it. <br /> Thiesse asked if he would give the Whites some sort of easement to repair. <br /> Fretham stated that depends. <br /> Schoenzeit asked if there is any existing easement for that. <br /> Thiesse stated the City is not aware of one. <br /> Fretham stated there will be an easement on their side. <br /> Schoenzeit noted the other property does not have to grant an easement as part of this project. <br /> Fretham stated as it relates to the wetland and the wetland buffer area,the Lupients, in granting this <br /> restoration easement, created their own burden by creating a wetland and a restoration easement along the <br /> property line that is in conflict to their own interests to the property. Fretham stated the Lupients gave <br /> that up and that they are now expecting a variance to the easement will be needed. <br /> Thiesse asked if the City was provided with that easement. <br /> Barnhart stated he did not provide it to the Planning Commission but that the City does have possession <br /> of it. <br /> Dampier stated when he was getting his building permit,the City explained that the house to the north <br /> was exempt because it was a pre-existing nonconforming structure. Dampier stated to base a setback on a <br /> pre-existing nonconforming structure ignores all the potential that exists. Dampier commented not all the <br /> Page 16 of 25 <br />