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MINUTES City Council July 13, 1988 R&S Automotive Addition (Cont.) Saiko Drainage Matter Agenda Item No. 10 The Planner~ also noted that the Planning Commission should r•eview the pr~oposal and make a recommendation to the City Council befor~e the Council can take for~mal action. Blesener~ suggested that R& S Automotive sit down with the City Planner~ dur•ing staff hour•s to go over~ the pr•oposal and Code r•equirements. Fahey pointed out that a Planner~'s r•epor•t will need to be pr•epar•ed on the pr~oposal before it is submitted to the Planning Commission. It was anticipated that the matter~ could be r•eviewed at the August Planning Commission meeting and then submitted to the City Council for~ r~eview. The City Engineer~ r~eviewed his r•ecommendation for• installation of a per~for•ated plastic pipe to pick up the dr~ainage coming fr•om the Ter~r~ace Heights Mobile Home Par~k and dir~ecting that r~un-off into the Demont stor•m sewer. Estimated cost of the impr•ovement is $13,000. The City Engineer• estimated the cost of a concr~ete stor•m sewer•, rather~ than the per•for•ated pipe, at twice that amount. The City Engineer• r•epor~ted that the only stor•m sewer pr•oject that was ever• assessed in the City was the Sleepy Hollow pr•oject, and that that pr•oject was not r•eally assessed, but paid for• by the pr~oper•ty owner•s in the area thr•ough a joint agr•eement. fahey pointed out that the Council ar•gued that this pr~oject was differ•ent fr•om other~ stor~m sewer~ pr~ojects in the City and wanted a r•ecommendation fr•om the City Engineer~ on who would be assessed for~ the impr•ovement and what the various per•centages of assessment would be. The City Engineer• pointed out that par•t of the pr~oblem in this case is ground water~. The Saiko family pointed out that their basement has only been wet in the past 8 or• 9 year•s and felt that the pr•oblem was caused by the dir•ecting of r~un-off fr~om the mobile home cour•t towar~ds their• proper•ty. Fahey commented that the City is awar•e of the pipe fr•om the tr•ailer• cour•t dir•ecting water• into the ar~ea, however•, the City Engineer• has al so r•epor~ted that gr~ound water 1 evel s have r•i sen and par•t of the pr•oblem is fr•om ground water•. The City Engineer~ pointed out that if the sur~face water problem is cor~r•ected, the Saiko's may still have a wet basement due to gr•ound water levels. Fahey again stated that the Council wanted a r•ecommendation fr•om the City Engineer as to how to assess the impr•ovement should the City go for~war•d with it. The City Engineer• felt the improvement should be assessed to the tr~ailer~ par~k, School District and the Saiko pr~oper•ty on a per•centage basis. The Engineer~ stated that ther•e may be pr~ivate pr•oper•ty as far~ north as Rice Str~eet that is contr•ibuting to the r•un-off pr•oblem which could be assessed. Page -9-