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MINUTES <br />REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />APRIL 26, 1978 <br />Page 9 <br />Councilman McGough noted his interest in the project <br />and said he had taken the amount of land Mr. Rubinger <br />owned and figuring that at 3~ a square foot the <br />assessment would come out at an estimated rate of <br />$6,522.24, figuring the apartment units over a five <br />year period, it would be 86~ per unit per month for <br />five years, now if that were doubled, it would be $1.72 <br />per unit per month for five years. To give you and idea, <br />my particular lot in Falcon Heights would be a little <br />over $5.00 per month for five years. I'm not trying <br />to compare apartments to single family dwellings, I'm <br />just pointing out the maximum and minimum. This is a <br />computation per dwelling unit I have estimated the <br />breakdown on. <br />I just wondered if there is an engineering possibility <br />of bringing some of the water more directly down into <br />the sand, this area has a lot of sand. If there were <br />feasible ways of doing this, at a number of spots, <br />that might greatly reduce the total amount of runoff. <br />I'm still bothered by the fact that we bring the run- <br />off into these pipes and down to the river, I'm just <br />wondering if the cause of the low water table is due <br />to to much drainage. <br />I agree that it is a good idea to try and replace our <br />natural water resources. However, the State Health <br />Dept. frowns on it. What you are looking at is <br />normally called an inverted well. I know of only one <br />that is operating at the present time. The reason they <br />do not allow it is because of the pollution problem <br />of the ground water table and we are very fortunate <br />being on top of an underground lake. In an area such <br />as this, we probably wouldn't have any problem, but <br />if they allowed it in some areas, they would have to <br />do so in others and this they can not do. <br />In my back yard I have a natural inverted well that <br />drains off an area of about 4 to 5 acres and I have <br />water standing there a day maybe two depending on <br />how long it takes the frost to go out. So that at <br />least on a natural basis, what happens when you run <br />a line through it and disrupt the gravel layer under- <br />neath, is it going to seal up, are we going to have <br />a problem that has not occured before. <br /> <br />COUNCILMAN <br />McGOUGH <br />ELVING <br />ANDERSON <br />ENGR. <br />LEMBERG <br />DICK WINKS <br />~~ <br />