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Res. 8180, Considering Stormwater Infiltration Program Appeals in Area G <br />Page 4 <br />B1. Safety <br />Property owner indicates he has maintained the boulevard area around the fire plug (hydrant) <br />and will not continue if a swale is installed in the city boulevard. This does not address any <br />safety concerns related to the appeal parameter. <br />- Engineering staff and Streets & Utilities Committee both recommend den in this appeal. <br />8310 Eastwood Road (David & Sarah Hunt) ® SIP #43 <br />The property owners are appealing for the following reasons: <br />A2. High Groundwater Elevation <br />Property owners allege that <br />the proposed basin must not meet the <br />minimum separation from the <br />groundwater table elevation based <br />upon their partial basement depth and <br />relation to a sump pump running after <br />small rain events. However, a <br />sixteen -foot deep geotechnical soil <br />boring was performed near the <br />proposed basin location that <br />encountered groundwater at <br />approximately 7.5 feet below the <br />surface, whereby providing the <br />necessary vertical separation of three <br />feet required by the watershed <br />district. <br />B1. Safety <br />Property owners indicate that they are expecting their first child soon and are concerned about <br />water collecting in the basin and the drowning and injury hazard it might pose for raising <br />children. Drowning is unlikely since the maximum water depth will be six -inches for less than <br />48 hours after a storm. Children vulnerable to drowning in this amount of water should be <br />supervised at all times and have a higher likelihood of being struck by a passing vehicle than <br />drowning in an infiltration basin. <br />B2. Maintenance <br />Property owners describe ponding water in the driveway near the garage side and allege that <br />the additional stormwater runoff will create additional maintenance issues. Local ponding due <br />to inadequate driveway drainage does not address this parameter's hardship related to a <br />property owner's physical condition to maintain the basin. In addition, new curbed streets will <br />deter any runoff from leaving the street and ponding in the driveway. However, a low point in <br />the driveway near the garage will not be corrected with the street project since it is located on <br />private property. <br />- Engineering staff and Streets & Utilities Committee both recommend den LmA this appeal. <br />