10-14-87 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

MINUTES City Council Oct. 14, 1987 Eng pumped and the water fr•om the pond dir~ected down County Road B-2 Dr•ainage and eventually ended up in his fr•ont yar•d. Eng r•epor~ted that after• Pr•oblem a r•ain, he has standing water• in his fr•ont yar~d for• weeks. (Cont.) Mr~. Eng r•epor•ted that Roger• Glanzer~ and Ewald Biese, fr•om the Engineer•'s office, have looked at the situation and felt ther•e was nothing that could be done. Blesener reported that Glanzer and Qiese feel that the water in the Eng's fr•ont yar•d is the same level as the water• in the lake, and at some point in time the lake level will dr•op and the water• in the fr~ont yar~d will go down. Eng fel t that the pr•obl em i s that ther~e i s~ mor~e run-off as pr•oper•ty continues to develop. Eng stated that water• that used to stand in other• pl aces i s now standi ng i n hi s fr•ont yar~d. Fahey felt that the cut in the r•oad to the east of the Hammond's dr~iveway is not functioning. The Ci ty Engi neer• r•epor•ted that ear•1 i er~ thi s year~ he met wi th the County Engineer•, who was concer•ned that the ditch level was the same as the lake level. The Engineer~ pointed out that the sewer~ inter~ceptor~ line that was installed in this ar•ea has not been accepted. The Engineer~ suggested that he check with the County. Eng pointed out that after• the sewer• inter•ceptor• line went in, the Lynch pvoper~ty acr~oss the str•eet fr•om his ended up to be higher~. Eng r•epor•ted that if the City does not find a solution to the pr•oblem, he has an engineer• in his office who will. Fahey pointed out that part of the pr•oblem is that the Eng lot is the lowest pr•oper•ty on the lake. Fahey stated that if the pr~oblem is a pr~ivate one, Eng may have to hir•e an engineer• to solve it. Eng pointed out that water• is coming into this ar•ea fr•om the other• side of Highway 36. Eng stated that he has lived in his home since 1981, and the pr•oblem has incr•eased since that time. The pr•oblem is getting worse and worse with less and less r•ain. Scalze felt that the Engineer~ should check into the filling of the Lynch pr•oper~ty. If Lynch filled a water• r~etention ar~ea, the fill should be r•emoved. Scalze felt there was a pr•oblem with the culver~t in the ar~ea. Eng explained that the water coming from the other side of High~~iay 36 is coming at a high velocity and th~ water• coming fr•om the immediate ar~ea does not have enough for•ce to tur•n the corner• and get i nto the pand and i nto the 1 al<e. Ther~efor~e, the water• ends up standi ng i n hi s fr~ont yar•d. Page -12-