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CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1.982 -2- 5. DEAN JOHNSTON PUBLIC HEARING - CONTINUED: --Johnston - Could present a drainfield design for a two bedroom house - there is sufficient area for an alternate drainfield with this design. Reason for the variance request to allow building on a lot with 25,000 sq. ft, above the Ordinanry High Water was based on the fact that this is the second largest lot in the Cohn Subdivision and a home on this lot would not be inconsistent with past practices. --Engineer Bohrer - this is the only lot in the subdivision not built on. Lot areas in this plat were calculated when work was done on the Larson variance. R-Johnston - well is to be located in front of the west end of the house where it would meet the setback requirements from both lakeshores, -{Bohrer - biggest problem will be in installing a system within the limited area. As indicated in the plan review, all property lines and well setbacks should be clearly marked on the ground and the system laid out in the field before any construction begins, --Morgan - precedence has been set in this subdivision - does not. think an additional house will damage the environment provided it is built and maintained according to the limitations put on the building,- probably safer than many of the existing homes in the Tri-Lakes area, —David Bonestroo, 8199 Hill Tr. N. (Lot 6) - read a statement, signed by 5 property owners, requesting the City to undertake a study to determine what impact the proposed addition.may.have on existing residences due to the existing high water table, (a copy of said document is attached to these minutes.), Not opposed to the building of the home - very concerned about the water situation. If the water table rises, and the present systems fail there is no alternative but sewer. Looking for someone to come in and review the situation and sign a document indicating this proposal is ok and stand behind the findings.- --Steve Butzer, 8180 Hill Trail N. (Lots 1 & 2) - owns a home on combined property, Several issues to address - attended the meetings when the Larson variances were issued. Some of the issues brought up then are being used as precedence now - many of these -issues were not resolved at the time. Council at that time made a commitment to study the impact of the Larson system and have annual testing - this has not been done - still do not know the impact of the system. Do know that the perc tests on that property was unsatisfactory, at least once, and since the house has been there three septic systems have had flowage problems in that area - all that are at or below the level of the Larson system. The Johnston property is nowhere near the second largest lot -,disturbing to see language and measurements that were never corroborated. Urge the Council to go out and look at what is being voted on. Challenge the figures and calculations that were used at the time of the Larson variance, --Bohrer - Personally remeasured the side lot lines from the cul-de- sac down to the edge of the water of all the parcels in the Cohn plat at the time of the Larson variance, The water is approximately at the same elevation howasit was -at that time. This -did trot take into account if two lots -had been combined as one building site - these were the areas of the lots as platted, but took. into account the rise.ln'lake level. Used the figures, for the Johnston lot, from a 1 ft, contour map that was recently done by a registered land surveyor,