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MINUTES City Council June 8, 1988 Saiko Dr•ainage Pr~obl em (Cont.) Scal ze r~epor~ted that the pi pe fr•om the tr~ai 1 er• cour•t i s di recti ng sur•face water into the ar~ea and cr•eating a pond. Fahey stated that the tr•ailer~ court would have to be contacted to see if they ar~e willing to par~ticipate in the cost of extension of the pipe to the Demont stor~m sewer~. Fahey did not believe City funds should be spent to assist a developer~ who is dumping water• into the r~oad. Fahey again questioned the City's involvement in resolving gr•ound water~ pr~oblems. Blesener• noted that the sur•face water~ fr~om the tr~ailer• cour~t is satur~ating the gr•ound in the ar•ea of the Saiko proper•ty. The City Engineer stated that he would not guar•antee that the extension to the Demont storm sewer• would r•esolve the Saiko water~ pr~oblems. The Engineer r•eported that the State climatologist has indicated that the 10 year•s pr~oceeding 1986 wer~e the wettest years since r•ecor•ds have been kept and the 5 year•s proceeding 1986 wer•e the wettest 5 year•s. The City Engineer repor•ted that thi s has caused gr•ound water~ 1 evel s to r~i se. Fahey pointed out that gr~ound water~ may be seeping into the Saiko basement. Scalze pointed out, however~, that water• from the tr~ailer• cour•t should be di r~ected i nto the Demont stor~m sewer~. Scalze pointed out that the City has r•equir~ed other• developer•s to take car•e of their~ surface water• at their~ own expense. Council discussed the possibility of assessing benefited pr•oper~ties for• any impr•ovement. Scalze pointed out the pr•ecedent which was set in the Sleepy Hollow dr•ainage impr•ovement wher~e all pr~oper•ties contr~ibuting to the r~un-off in the ar~ea wer•e assessed pr•oportionately for• the improvement. Mr. Blesener~ intr•oduced the following r~esolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 88-6-235 - INSTRUCTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL FOR DRAINING SURFACE WATER FROM THE MOBILEHOME PARK, INCLUDING FRENCH DRAINS TO PICK UP SOME OF THE GROUND WATER, TO THE STORM SEWER ON DEMONT AVENUE, AS WELL AS A COST ESTIMATE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND A RECOMMENDATIOPd ON ASSESSMENT POLICY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT The foregoing r•esolution was duly seconded by Mr•. Fahey. Ayes (5) Blesener, Fahey, Scalze, Collova, LaValle. Nays (0). Resolution declar~ed adopted. This r~esolution appear~s in Resolution Book No. 19, Page 239. The Saiko's expr•essed concer~n with some clean-up needed in the ar•ea. Page -8-