03-10-99 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 10, 1999 because then they would not also be paying for the maintenance of Stephanie Court and Stephanie Circle. One property owners indicated it was his understanding that the project got underway because of the drainage probiems on Minnesota Avenue and some past flooding of that street. This property owners pointed out the sheet of asphalt that Bally's has and the resulting run-off that flows onto the street. The Council was asked how much money was being spent to upgrade the storm sewer in the area. The City Engineer reported that when he first started to look at this project, the initial thought was to replace the main storm sewer line to provide more capacity. However, in looking at this, it was found that the storm sewer lies very close to one ofthe Cobblestone Village townhomes and that section of pipe could not be replaced. The Engineer then looked at other alternatives, one of which would be for Bally's to pay for the installation of an additional catch basin in their parkin~ lot as well as construction of curbing around the catch basin with a corner of their parking lot to be used as a water retention area during large storm events. Concrete curb and gutter is also proposed to be installed on the street as a means of directing run-off into the storm sewer system. However, these ef~orts will not total rectify the flooding problems on Minnesota Avenue. A property owner indicated that there is a slew between the Bally's property and the school buildin~ on the north. He sug,~ested that storm water be directed to this area. The Engineer indicated that given the street project was being considered, he looked at the street as a means of resolving drainage problems. Scalze pointed out that if Minnesota Avenue were assessed in a similar manner to a residential street improvement, property owners would be paying a relatively equal assessment rate. An adjustment had been made for the Cobblestone Village property owners given that their property is residential while the other abutting properties are commercial. Pedersen pointed out that if the townhomes were located in the area where the strip mall is, the townhomes would be paying a higher assessment given that the amount of frontage they would have on Minnesota Avenue would increase. One property owner pointed out that the commercial properties are there to make money, while the townhomes are a residential development. Therefore, the benefit to these properties is different. This property owner indicated that the value of the townhomes will not go up substantially because of the road improvement. Morelan indicated that theoretically it should.