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Council Meeting Minutes January 26, 1988 I Williams noted Ken Briggs, Harstad Companies, assured the Park Board members that Harstad would be willing to work with the Board in laying out the development so there would be an adequate amount of park space and would be easily accessible to future occupants; and reported the Board felt it was premature to discuss the park dedication ordinance. Briggs stated Harstad intends to come before council within the next few months for this site; needs to get more information from the Park Board and the Planning Commission (Harstad Companies needs to know what will happen with the city's land before a plan is developed); and will be working with staff over the next few months. Benke encouraged staff to consider all options available up to and including fair market buy-out and the recreational needs to be in- corporated and provided as part of a home owners association; and to look at ongoing maintenance and programming costs of a park. Gunderman ~sked that Tony Vacca, 3042 - 12th Street N.W. (just north of proposed sites), address his concern relative to the catch basin and the retention pond. I Benke understands there has been a problem and that staff has been working on the situation; developers need to do what Rice Creek Watershed District says needs to be done; and it is not appropri- ate for the city to get involved in neighborhood battles. Briggs recognizes there is a problem; spent time with his engin- eers regarding the proposal; before coming back to the council for final plat approval, will design three temporary ponds to catch drainage from the back of the lots until the entire site is de- signed; and they may be able to bring the water to the storm sewer. Benke does not want to delay the applicant's proposal to enforce requirements. Gunderman stated it is not his intent to hold the project back until Vacca's problem is resolved. Mattila stated because neither re nor the Planning Commission had access to complete information at the Commission meeting, the Com- mission members felt somewhat responsible to tack it onto the pro- posed resolution; and he did not believe it fair to the applicant to resolve a neighborhood problem when the actual plat will not impact the stormwater management plan. I Vacca believes it is someone's responsibility when they add value to one area and detract value from another area; water will be added to 12th Street into the sewer; before you finish building a new area, must be conscience of the people already residing in the area; has been working on the issue for 17 months; issue is "if you add water you will increase volume"; need to take care of rate Page 5