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Home My WebLink About04-05-1974 Council Work Session Minutes ._ ._.._ ... _ . � - .. CITY OF ORONO � Special Wbrk Session of the City Council, 8oQ0 A.=2. � April 5, 1974 , � A memo of understanding from the Work Session. � Council members present: Councilmen Butle�, i•iassengale, and Paurus. Absent° P�Iayor • Searles and Councilman Welsh. � The first issue raised at the meeting by � Councilman Butler was whether or no� the size of the shopping center itself would be � satisfactory. The proposal is for 83,d00 square fo�t; enclosed shopping mal.le Other • Councilmen began to ask q�iesti.ons as to how much could they get on thei� land and can we � regulate the amount of u�e of the IeD.S. land � using a 0. 28 ratioo � It was pointed out to the Council at. this time that no �ormal traffic study had been done in � regard to this proposal but that the traffic study bei.ng used came from past I.D.S. proposals. • • The Council expressed a con�ern for moding the current bus stop further west on Highway ��15 for ythe pur.pose of getting it aw�y from the inter- section of #15 and #190 The City Admini5tr�to� � was asked to check with the operational division of the r-7TC to determine whether or not a proposal • of a park and ride operation coul.d be established • in connection with the I.D.S. prt�posal. It is hoped that IoD.S. wili provitie �the parking spaces � for the bus stop and comply wi�h the code at the same timeo � Councilmah I�iassengale therl discussed the issue of � storm wat�r and expressed concern that the City Engineer, Skip LdlcCombs, review storm water problems • that are involved with the I.D.Sa proposal as well • as current storm water situations that exist in the areae It was wondered whether or not I.D.S. ` could design a building in such a way that the roof top could hold several inches of water and � allow it to seep out slowly over a long �5eriod of time. It is hoped that we will be able to correct the current storm water situation in the area and see that I.D.So does not put any additional � pressure on the current system. The issue • seems to be whether or not the current storm water area can be built up to handle the IoDoS. storm water flow or whether it will be necessary to channel a great deal of storm water flow off of the IoD.Se properties to the swamps behind the F.laeB.Io which is east of Highway #19. � � WORK SESSION �INUTES HELD APRIL 5, 19`: 4 Page 2 The Council then discussed with I.D.Se the � concept of park space and transfer of credits. The Council referred to the Minutes of the • Regular Council meeting of November 27, 1973, in which it clearly stated that for property • dedicated no credits would be transferred � from it to other I.DaSe owned properties. The Council clearly stated that they have r no desire to transfer credits from buildable land to other buildable land. In a general � discussion of conditions 17-18-19 as listed in I.D.Se ' s letter, the question came up � about credits and the Council's desire to start talking about actual numberse The � Council had a discussion concerning whether � or not we could talk about park dedication of property not being discussed and the � Council' s general feeling was no, we could not. � The Council in discussing conditions ;;18 and �11, in regard to the parking area behind the • proposed office building. An issue came up as to how deep the current zoning should go and the scope of its use, whether it should � be 250' or 350' back from the road. It was concerned that Parcel F should have a 50 ' ygreen space dedicated in that area. • The Council asked the City Attorney to make • some comments in regard to conceptual ��pproval of a project meanse The City Attorney merely � stated that a conceptual approval is viable that under a situation like this, the approval � of zoning is a last item and if necessary we can at a later date, require IeD.S. to replat. , As far as making sure that IeD.S. will perform what it says it will perform cantractors bonds • for code violations can be required and filed • in the City offices. There is no question but that through the bonding process the City can � require I.DeS. to perform all of the conditions agreed upon between the Council and IoDoSo if the project is approvedo • Both Council and I,DoS. expressed concern over • having open ended items involved in considering this projecto It is hoped that we ��ill be able � to clarify and close out each item as it comes up. In regard to landscaping, the Planning � Commission requests that 12� of the site be put in landscaping is acceptable to I.DaSo and if the Council wished to state any specific criteria of that landscaping, they should do so as to whether it will be greenbelt, burms, � or a combination of both or whatevere � � . , , ��ORK SESSION i�2INUTES HELD APRIL 5, 1974 Page 3 It is clearly the Council's intention that a � burm by itself is not sufficient. I.D.S. � also discussed the dedication of 7a5 acres of land. The Council at this time informed I.D.S. that Ordinance ido. 125 already p�otects any given marsh areas and if the City � was to accept it, that I.D.S. could not use the credits from that land to be transferred • to other dry buildable land. I.D.S< and the Council further discussed parking requirement criteria that was used in some other communities � and gave different methods of approach to the parking space calculation other than what is used in our own codee I.D.S. was expressing some concern in .regard to #19 of their letter � to whether or not to be taken out. They were concerned about protecting themselves in the � rezoning of the property south of the F.W.B.I. The Council asked I.D.S. at this time, if they would accept the rezoning as proposed in that area and I.D.S. said that they would. Finally, again the issue of storm water drainage from the I.D.S. proposal was considered and it was the Council° s desire at this time to talk further • about this item with the �i�atershed District and the City Engineer to see exactly which is the �best way to go in this area. � The meeting adjourned at 11;30 A.NT. • • � ,� �_ �,� � � � � � �' � - � � ��:�� _ �_�� :� :�'��'b. 2�Iary C. �: tler, Acting t�ayor � . � ��-, � � � � Attesta ,� es �1. Cosby, C rk-Administrator •