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Administrator Achen recommended that the Council contact the Planning Commission before rNis the July 11 Council meeting, and if at that time, the Planning Commission did not plan to meet in July, the Council could put the matter on the agenda for July 11. Mayor Pickar polled the Council members for their input. Councilmember Baumgarter stated that the people on the Planning Commission should be contacted and that they should be asked to be at the July 13 meeting, and that if they do not meet, that the Council could discuss it on July 11. Councilmember Rowley stated she felt the same as Councilmember Baumgartner and also stated that she felt there may be several instances occuring during the month of July such as this one, if the Planning Commission did not meet. Councilmember Ziebarth stated he felt that if the Planning Commission could not meet at their regularly scheduled time, that they should schedule the meeting for another time, as he preferred the Planning Commission look at the matter before the Council. Councilmember Hodges stated that if the Planning Commission was not going to meet on July 13, he would be willing to discuss the issue on July 11. Mayor Pickar stated that he was also willing to discuss the matter on July 11 if the Planning Commission did not meet in July. David Notaro, 2749 Arden Avenue NE expressed his feeling o) .,rave concern to the Coun- cil over the water he had viewed the night before during the storm. he stated that there were walls of water going between the houses in his neighborhood and that the water was so forceful that it broke two doors on his neighbor's home. His own yard was completely covered with water, which did not drain off until later the next afternoon -2- He stated that he was so shocked by the water that he called Councilmember Ziebarth at 3 AM and asked him to come over and look at the situation, and that Councilmember Ziebarth graciously did come over and witness the problem. Mr. Notaro stated that as a home owner he is scared of what could happen in the future, with another good storm. Mayor Pickar stated that the City of Mounds View has a very limited drain sewer system. Meetings were held in 1975, which way a very wet year, because the same problem arose then. As a result of the problem and the meetings, the City of Mounds View requested that a storm drainage study be done by Bannister Short. The study took one year to be completed and was a very comprehensive report. The project was quoted at $4.5 million at that time, plus land acquisition. Hearings were then held on the proposed system, but by that time it was very dry again and very little interest was expressed in the project. Thus, it was then tabled. Mayor Pickar stated that at that time many citizens put in drain tile and that the tax payers were not receptive to the expense of putting a system in. Administrator Achen reported that when the problem occurred in 1975, the Council appropriated funds from Revenue Sharing and put in extra curbing and a collar in the problem area. The area in question is the lowest area around and the water is forced out of the lowest area, which is why the collar was put in. Mayor Pickar reported that the long -range plan is to devert the water to the Scotland