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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,November 21,2005 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> ROLL <br /> The Orono Planning Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: <br /> Chair David Rahn, Commissioners Cynthia Bremer,Ralph Kempf,Travis Winkey, Roland Jurgens, and <br /> Alternate Janice Berg. Representing Staff were Planning Director Mike Gaffron,Planner Janice <br /> Gundlach, and Recorder Jackie Young. City Council Member Bob Sansevere was present. <br /> Chair Rahn called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. <br /> OLD BUSINESS <br /> 1. #05-3131 STEVE BOHL OF BORLAND DEVELOPMENT,INC., 190 WILLOW DRIVE <br /> NORTH AND 177 GLENDALE DRIVE,PRELIMINARY PLAT AND GENERAL CONCEPT <br /> PLAN APPROVAL,6:01 P.M.—6:30 P.M. <br /> Steve Bohl, Applicant, was present. <br /> Gaffron noted this application has appeared before the Planning Commission a number of times <br /> previously,with the applicant being requested at the October Planning Commission meeting to submit <br /> certain revisions. <br /> Gaffron indicated the applicant has made the following revisions to Lots 8, 9, and 10: One,the <br /> boundaries of Lots 8, 9,and 10 have been shifted slightly; and two,the amount of proposed fill in the <br /> wetland within Lot 8 is increasing from 1600 square feet to 2000 square feet, which is the maximum that <br /> is allowed by WCA rules under the deminimum clause. This revision and a slightly revised house layout <br /> on Lot 8 results in elimination of the variances to wetland buffer/setback width that would have been <br /> required under the prior plan. Gaffron noted there may be other subtle changes in the plans which have <br /> not been identified by Staff. In addition, the City Engineer has not yet commented on the recently <br /> submitted plans. <br /> Gaffron stated the applicant has submitted a revised Wetland Delineation Report,which indicates that the <br /> portions of the road ditch along Willow Drive are incidental wetland; i.e., areas of wetland created solely <br /> as a result of actions by public or private entities that were taken for a purpose other than creating the <br /> wetland. The applicants are requesting that MCWD declare this portion of wetland as incidental and not <br /> subject to a replacement plan. <br /> The City's wetland consultant,John Smyth,reviewed the plans to determine the potential impacts of the <br /> proposed wetland filling and to determine if there were options to rearrange lot lines to avoid the need for <br /> wetland buffer setback variances on Lots 7 and 8. Smyth concluded that the City should support a <br /> potential revision to the classification of the wetland along the Willow Drive frontage of Lot 10, allowing <br /> the lot lines for Lots 8, 9, and 10 to shift westward. This could potentially allow for reductions,instead of <br /> increases,to the fill in the wetland in Lot 8,which is considered by the City's consultant to be a more <br /> valuable wetland to protect than that in Lot 10 along Willow Drive. <br /> PAGE 1 <br />