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Mounds View City Council October 10, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 2 to be regraded. He understood Mr. Hanson had done some of the work and they were working 1 with Mr. Hanson to resolve and correct the problems. 2 3 Mr. Rudy stated he had no problem with the staff, but rather with the owner of the property. He 4 stated the property owner was not being a good neighbor. He stated the property owner should 5 be made to put up a retaining wall. 6 7 Mayor Marty asked if there was any damage to the dwelling. Mr. Rudy replied it got up to the 8 foundation, but did not get into the home. 9 10 Mayor Marty requested staff check into this and report back to the Council. He asked if staff 11 could expedite this. Director Ericson stated staff would talk to Mr. Hanson and emphasis the fact 12 that something needed to be done and the silt fence properly installed. However, he noted this 13 could become a civil issue between the two property owners. He stated he understood Mr. 14 Jenkins’ concerns. 15 16 Mayor Marty inquired about a swale or retaining wall. Director Ericson stated this had been 17 discussed and they had decided to put a swale between the property line with a small berm, but 18 he noted there was no vegetation on the property, so the swale quickly filled in with silt and once 19 everything was done, he believed everything would function properly, but until that happened, 20 something needed to be done with the grading. He noted the swale was not sufficient to handle a 21 large rain event and this needed to be regraded to something more significant. He stated staff 22 would talk to Mr. Hanson tomorrow. Mr. Rudy requested staff inform him of the time of the 23 meeting so he could be there also. 24 25 Tom Belting, 122 Blackwood Street, Coon Rapids, expressed concern about the Groveland Park 26 Building bidding system. He stated he did not believe the specifications were accurate on the 27 bid. Mayor Marty stated Council had considered putting this out for rebid. 28 29 Dave Warwick, 5081 Edgewood Drive, expressed concern about the parking ban put into place a 30 few weeks ago. He presented a petition signed but all but two neighbors on the street. He stated 31 the parking ban was well intentioned to protect the children crossing the street, but as he saw it, 32 there were two problems. The first problem was the complete 24-hour a day parking ban. He 33 believed this type of a ban was too excessive. He stated there were 14 residences being 34 inconvenienced by this and some of the residents needed to park on the street. He stated when 35 the residents had guests, there would be nowhere them to park. He stated they could park in the 36 school parking lot, but who would be liable if someone was hurt. He indicated the Police Chief 37 assured him that if they contact the Police Department they could have permission to park in the 38 no parking area. He stated he believed this reduced their property values and inquired if there 39 was no parking, there would be cars waiting on both the west and east side of the street, which 40 would pose a greater safety problem for the children. He stated this would not solve the parking 41 problem and he recommended the parking ban be limited to the time the children were outside, 42 such as 7-9 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. He noted by doing it this way, parents who needed to take their 43 kids out of school for some reason, needed a place to park where they could quickly go into the 44 school to retrieve their kids. He stated the second problem was that this got rushed through on 45