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easement is not used, we feel the addition of the 22 underground stalls for visitors would take care of any potential parking problems. Steve Larson stated Rice Creek Road has been posted no parking, but he still sees people parking in front of Brightondale. Is there something to warn visitors when they enter the building that they can be ticketed if they have parked on Rice Creek Road? Gould was unaware of such a sign. Larson said Rice Creek Road has been posted for over two weeks and people have been parking there consistently. Gould said he would speak to the manager tomorrow to post such a warning. Larson said that should be done or the City will have to start writing tickets. Schiferl asked for clarification regarding the pond on the northeast corner of the park. If you compare what’s happening now and what would happen with this development, would there be more water or less water in the dry pond area? Chet Harrison, Clark Engineering, answered that, when you run computations over a drainage basin, the impact on the park ponding is minimal. We think we are reducing the 100-year flood elevation in the park by perhaps 6 inches. That has to do with the fact we are ponding water here where there was no pond before. This water just ran into the park. The water did not go through the pipe; it went to the park along the back of the curb and overflowed into the park. We are provided additional amount of storage and overall reducing the site by 20 to 25 percent. Our pond is helping the situation, but it cannot help a whole lot because of the large volume of water in a large storm. Harrison said they are putting a 12 inch pipe into the park. Right now all the water goes into the park. Schiferl stated, then, this development will not have an adverse impact. Harrison responded the development would not have an adverse impact. It is reducing the flood elevation of the pond by about 6 inches. Schiferl asked if that was consistent with the City Engineer’s requirements. Harrison responded affirmatively. The City Engineer had an independent engineering firm review the data and we both came up with the same answers. Livingston asked if anyone in the audience wanted to speak on the item. Ron Olson, 2026 28th Avenue NW, referred to the motion the Park Board passed. The motion indicates that the 30 parking spaces be permanently dedicated for park purposes and owners cannot park there. The motion goes on to state residents must be notified, upon purchase, that the parking is dedicated to the park. Olson commented he would like to see it stay that way. That was the agreement by the developer and that was the motion passed by the Park Board. The problem with limiting parking to certain hours is that it’s used on the weekends. Secondly, is the pond a teacup or does it have an outlet? If it’s a teacup, it would overflow across the park in the event of a large storm. In previous discussions, it was stated the pond would have an outlet pipe and water would be siphoned off and not just overflow when it was full. Thirdly, it was indicated at the March meeting, that the developer had to have the fire lane contained on his own property and not expect other people to provide it for him. Now, the fire lane will be on the park. When the fire lane would not fit any other place, now the City is providing the space for the fire lane in the park. In exchange, the City is getting a path with the gridlocked block along the side. The Fire Marshal talked to us about the fire lane and said the problem with the grid-locked block system is that it is not plowed in the winter. Therefore, the fire lane is not usable very many months of the year. In fact, they have that located behind Brightondale now and it is never plowed. The other problem the Fire Marshal mentioned is that they have had trucks mired down in the mud. Is it appropriate for the City to be providing the land for the fire lane. If that material is appropriate, the question is whether it will actually do what it is intended to do. Livingston asked if the developer had any comments. Harrison said he could address two of Mr. Olson’s items. The pond does have an overflow pipe, which was reviewed by Mr. Proper, the City Engineer. Regarding the fire lane, we did have a meeting with the Fire Marshal and he said the current path has nothing 10 I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\1998\04-21-98.WPD