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Y Page 2 5. There may be special undesignated lots which have not received attention in depth of the engineering department. The attempt has been to coordinate the efforts of the retained engineering firm with that of the city,.leavi:ng it up to the discretion of the city engineering office to determine the proper grade level and drainage requirements a`s it sees fit. This effort will continue. 6. High water level referred to at outlot B pond resulted from plugged culvert under Silver Lake Road, which caused back up of water west of Silver Lake Road, having no apparent relation to the -efficacy of the proposed plat since the pond at outlot B was not the cause of the water buildup but rather has always dissipated all the water it has received from the west. Y. Reservation of outlot A in its present form is proposed as the best alternative to immediate and denser subdivision since it leaves more latitude of action either by the city in the event that it is the eventual owner, or by a future owner who would then be free to discuss the use of the building with the city, or plat the area underlying the tract on which the building is now located should its removal become necessary. 8. Outlot B pond forms a part of the city drainage system which has no assessments levied against it, the cost of all improvements in that area bordering Silver Lake Road having been levied against the remainder of the Silver Lake Road widening and improvement, by the county. Remaining tax considerations, based upon market value, would be insignificant, assuming for- feiture. Ramsey -County now maintains the boulevard adjoining the road, the growth of evergreens fronting the pond abates the necessity of further maintenance by the city. 9. Reference to high water level at 914 is the outgrowth of a single incidence of a plugged culvert under Silver Lake Road which backed up the flow of drainage from west of Silver Lake Road. The level of the outlot B pond at that time remained at approximately 910 elevation, dissipating at that time as now all of.the water received. To that extent the water backup referred to has no relation to consideration of this plat. 10. Lots 1-5, block -3, are at approximately 915 elevation having been graded down in blue and yellow clay subsoil to that level, generally regarded as the equivalent of bedrock. The appropriately designed home on these sites would provide viable, well drained, esthetically desirable homesites fronting on the pond at outlot B. 11. Lots 4, 5, 6, Block 1 and Lot 2, Block 2, have double frontage lots caused by accommodation to the dictates of Rice Creek Watershed District and Soil. Conservation Service which recommended preservation of drainage catch basin and wetlands.