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MINUTES City Council May 11, 1988 Bingo (Cont.) Eng Dr•ai nage Matter~ Agenda Addition The Council was not awar~e of a gambling license held by the Chamber•. Mr•s. Eng appear•ed befor•e the Council concer•ning the dr~ainage pr~oblem she is exper•iencing on her• pr•oper•ty on County Road B-2. Eng r~eported that she fir~st br•ought this pr~oblem to the City's attention in October•. Eng then outlined the contents of a December~ 14, 1987 r~epor•t from the Ramsey County Public Wor•ks Department on the dr~ainage pr~oblem. Fahey pointed out that while the County has indicated that they will clean the ditch and r~ebuild some dr~ainage str•uctures, the County has not indicated that they would cor•r•ect the pr•oblem with standing water in the fr•ont of the Eng lot. Eng r•epor~ted that this past weekend the contractor~ for~ the lift station pr~oject was finishing up and did some additional r•egr~ading of the pr•oper•ty acr•oss the str~eet at the r•equest of that pr•operty owner~. Eng r~epor~ted the fact that they have invested a gr•eat deal of money into dr~ain tiling ar•ound their~ home. Eng also r~epor•ted that culver•ts i n the ar~ea ar•e pl ugged wi th mud and after• a heavy r•ai n they get standing water• in their~ fr•ont yar~d. The City Engineer~ r•epor•ted that when he looked at the pr•operty last fall, he deter~mined that the lake level was 1 foot higher• that the level of the water• i n the di tch i n fr•ont of the Eng home. The Engi neer• was concer•ned that if the water•way between the Eng and Hammond pr•oper~ties was opened up, the water fr~om the lake would flow to the fr•ont of the Eng house. Eng r•epor~ted that ther•e was never a pr•obl em wi th standi ng water~ unti 1 the Metr•o Sewer~ Inter~ceptor Li ne was i nstal l ed. Eng r~epor~ted that her~ proper•ty taxes keep incr~easing, but so does damage to her• pr•oper•ty. Fahey pointed out that the Eng pr•operty is too low. Eng asked why a building per•mit was ever~ issued for~ the pr•oper•ty. Fahey noted that since the time the building per~mit was issued, Codes have changed. Under~ today's Code a building per•mit would not be issued since the pr•oper•ty is within the flood plain. Fahey did not feel the pr~oblem was a City pr~oblem. Fahey pointed out that County Road B-2 is a County r•oad. The City has done nothing to contr•ibute to the water~ level of Ger~vais Lake which is higher• than the water• level of the ditch in fr•ont of the Eng pr•oper•ty. Fahey pointed out that water• will seek the lowest level. The City Engineer• pointed out that last year• he investigated var~ious options for• cor~r•ecting the problem, such as r•aising the Eng home. However•, he deter~mi ned that such a pr~oject woul d not qual i fy for~ gr•ant assistance. Page -14-