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COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 10, 2002 Ms. Budde reiterated that the Metropolitan Council has assured her that if an amendment was written to advance the Clearwater Creek Phase V development, they would take action on the amendment. She noted the preliminary plat for the development has already been approved. Therefore, she felt there was no point in waiting and questioned again what harm there would be in allowing an amendment so the development can move forward. Councilmember Carlson noted there was also an issue of the developer having not performed proper grading for houses that were built in an earlier phase of the Clearwater Creek project. She stated the City Council has been contacted by a number of citizens in that development since early December 2001 regarding this concern. Additionally, the affected citizens have attended a City Council Work Session. Ms. Budde indicated a representative of the developer was in attendance this evening and was not aware of this issue. She questioned the relevancy of the gradin ue to the issue of allowing the Clearwater Creek Phase V development to proceed, other than p as a form of punishment to the developer. Mayor Bergeson stated the City has taken the position that t w s ld prefer not to entertain any amendments to the Comprehensive Plan at this point, base o ~ hope that the City will receive a speedy turn -around on the Plan from the Metropolit • �. il. However, if this is not the case, the City may wish to consider amendments. He sugge if Budde wished to continue a discussion on this matter, it be added to the next City Counc Woi Session agenda. Ms. Budde questioned why the decision on w before the citizens for a discussion prior t decisions are the prerogative of the City er or not to consider amendments was not put at decision. Mayor Bergeson stated such City Administrator Waite Smith st sta equires advance notice in order to add an item to the City Council Work Session agen Roger Kolstad requested the a ie oft 'e concerns regarding the previous development phases of Clearwater Creek. He felt it m y be wrong for the City to be blaming the developer for these issues. Councilmember Carlson stated the concerns were related to the grading plan. Mr. Kolstad asked if this was part of the reason the City was not considering an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. Councilmember Carlson stated this was not the case. Rather, she indicated the issue had simply been brought up during the recent Work Session and she was very surprised that the problem has not yet been taken care of. Mr. Kolstad questioned whether the grading concerns were big issues. Councilmember Carlson stated she was not prepared at this time to discuss the specifics of the grading issues but it was her understanding that the homeowners have expressed concerns about their backyards being flooded.