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MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 12 , 1978 ~: Page 8 particular case, the answer would be that it would allow development of additional properties, increase the tax on some of the property and also takes the water that runs off everyones' land. Here I would like to emphasis something, no one here at this table is pushing for something. This question has been lying on the table or in a dark closet, it has been a question over a long period of time, we have pictures, etc. of flooded areas, that shouldn't happen every year, but there is a need throughout the area for storm sewers and the only reason it is being brought up now is the possibility of getting federal aid and making it economically feasible for the people who live in the City of Falcon Heights. At the present time without that kind of aid, it is not economically feasible. H+Q~many acres would benefit by this? How many acres MELVIN SPIEGLER go under water and can not be used? That is a basic question, if you are going through all this. for 30 to 40 acres, it just does not pay. If is going to save several acres, that I can understand. I don't have an answer for that at this time, I ENGINEER BRAD could come up with the answer later on, but is also LEMBERG a benefit to all of you because your water and others run off and floods someone else. The water all runs to some point, it has to get away as the area increases in saturation, there is going to be more run off, so there is a benefit involved. Is the cost effective? Does it really mean if we can MELVIN SPIEGLER do this, everything will be great here? Are we really going to release more water, people won't have water in basements, etc? Is ther~a lot of trouble in this area? Will we be able to put up another shopping center in places that can't be used now? Again, I'd like to say, I'm not pushing any projects ENGINEER BRAD here at all. However, there are some properties that LEMBERG until `the storm sewer is available to take the run- off, are not developable. One of them is the area just north of Hermes Floral. I'm not objecting, I would just like to know what MELVIN SPIEGLER the difference will be, with or without the storm sewer project. Could that information be gathered? Yes, I am sure it can and I am sure that the City ENGINEER BRAD office could probably put something together as to LEMBERG what the benefit would be tax wise if those prop- erties were able to be developed and the increase of taxes to the City.-