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is extremely important the developer consider designs which do not in- crease the rate of runoff and nutrient loading from the given area. b. Improvements to County Ditch seven are proposed for the summer of 1982. The project will consist of piping storm water south along the west side of Arcade Street then to a sedimentation pond on the applicant's site prior to discharge to the wetland to the southeast of the plat. (Map Five) An overflow for direct discharge to Gervais Lake would be provided to protect the applicant's site from flooding in the event of a large storm. 4. Ramsey County Open Space: Ramsey County will initiate condemnation proceedings in the near future for the wetland area to the southeast of the plat. (Map Five) County juris- diction of this area must be gained before the County Ditch seven project can proceed. Citizen Comments Of thirteen property owners surveyed, eight responded. Seven are opposed. Sanford Brink,the abutting property owner to the north, requested that the applicant redesign the plat to align proposed Beam Avenue with the Little Canada /Maplewood boundary. Little Canada was notified of this request. Little Canada's response letter to Mr. Brink, (letter enclosed) was that if he wished to pursue the issue he would have to pay the cost of the necessary studies. To date, Mr. Brink has not contacted Little Canada to initiate the required study(s). Comments from the -eight persons opposed to the development, brought up the following issues: 1. The unsuitability of a wetland for development. 2. Erosion and runoff from the property,;polluting the wetlands and the lake. 3. Affects on an existing high water table in the area, with regard to on -site sanitary facilities. ■ 4. Affect on the existing Keller Parkway traffic problems. 5. The effect of eliminating the wetland on the storm water entering the chain of lakes, in terms of flooding and cost of storm water treatment through the St. Paul system. 6. Whether the development will cause a need for storm sewers in the area, to be paid for by adjacent property owners. 7. The affect on neighborhood character, of twenty lots smaller than the present norm. Enclosures 1. Location Map 8. Letter 2. Property Line Map 3. Preliminary Plat Map 4. The applicant's November 1980 Lot division Proposal 5. County Ditch Seven Drainage and Open Space 6. Excerpt from the Maplewood Drainage Plan 7. SCS Soils Map from Little Canada to Sanford Brink, 12 -17 -81 L1,� JAN 4 1Q29 6 CITY OF l ITTI F CANADA,