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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 11, 2006 DRAINAGE The City Administrator reviewed the City Engineer's report dated ISSUES - October 6, 2006 relative to options for resolving a drainage issue at RESOURCES Resources for Child Caring (RCC) located in Yorkton Industrial Park. P'OR CHILD The Administrator noted that the drainage problems that Chis property is CARING experiencing is the result of surrounding development. Run-off is coming fi•om surrounding areas and negatively impacting the Resources for Child Caring property. The Administrator noted that the Council previously approved two storm water improvements for this property. One was for the installation of a valley gutter across the south driveway and the other for the improvement of a drainage Swale along the south side of the property. Both were contingent on RCC agreeing to abandon the south five feet of their parking lot and granting the City an easemenC over the area for the Swale. Given the impact that Chis would have on RCC's ability to get deliveries from the various sized trucks thaC use their back lot for access to their loading dock, RCC was not willing Yo grant the easement. The Administrator reported that the Engineer then explored other options, and deCennined that Che most feasible option aC this point is to extend Che existing storm sewer east of the building through Che parking lot to provide direct connection of the drainage from Yorkton Avenue and the storm water pond to the southwest. The valley gutter originally proposed would also be constructed. Estimated cost of the projecC is $60,000. The Administrator indicated that given this project will correct a drainage problem that is coming from a number of properties and impacting the RCC property, it was his recommendation that the City pay the cost of the project. He recommendation was that the project be bid as part of the City's 2007 improvements. The Administrator noted that RCC would like the City to construcC the project this year. The Administrator indicated in addition to Che possibility of obtaining a better price if this project were bid with the 2007 improvements, the main reason to undertake the project in the spring of 2007 is for an easier construction process when soils are not frozen. A winter project would be a much tougher construction, and have more impact on RCC, especially since the project will extend across the RCC parking loC. Sue Crownhart, Office Manager for RCC, indicated that a spring project was agreeable to Chem, and stated that RCC appreciates the City's willingness Yo address this drainage problem. Crownhart indicated that the drainage problem has caused them a lot of concern as well as increased Workers' Compensation costs, given injury to employees due to the icy conditions that result in the winter from the drainage into their parking lot. 4