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Mounds View EDA July 14, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 7 Economic Development Coordinator Backman indicated the Water Resources Information 256 Management Data labels the area SC4 which translates into a regulatory flood protection level of 257 875 and a recommended building depth of 878.9. 258 259 Mr. Lindberg indicated there is a lowland area just south of Wooddale and asked how far up that 260 came because he has standing water in his yard. 261 262 Economic Development Coordinator Backman indicated that the lowland area is 650 feet south 263 of where they are discussing. 264 265 Public Works Director Lee indicated that Staff would look into what was causing water to back 266 up into the block. 267 268 Mr. Lindberg expressed concern that the development would drain onto his property. 269 270 President Linke indicated the development is not allowed to create drainage onto neighboring 271 properties. 272 273 Mr. Rice asked if there would be another meeting on this proposal. 274 275 President Linke indicated the City is looking at draft proposals to work with a developer to begin 276 the process and indicated that there have been several meetings on this already. 277 278 Mr. Rice commented that he has put in drain tile and the only time you do that is when you have 279 a water level that is too high. 280 281 Jerry Blanski of 2933 Wooddale commented that he really liked what President Linke just said 282 that you cannot create or push water onto someone else’s property because he has been fighting 283 that issue for years with the prior City Engineer. He then said that he is not sure if Mr. Lee is 284 aware of the situation but he has been working with Mr. Pittman and Mr. Pittman has guaranteed 285 him that his property would be taken care of and water should not be there for his lot and the two 286 lots north of there. He further explained that when they put the pipe in there they raised the 287 property and created water flow that comes from two or three lots north of him and puddles in his 288 yard when there is a big rain and he has standing water creating a mosquito hole. 289 290 President Linke asked Staff to stay on top of the issue and keep Council advised. 291 292 Commissioner Quick commented that, based on the elevations, the farthest in the ground any of 293 the houses could go would be six feet and that amounts to needing an awful lot of fill to allow for 294 basements. 295 296 Commissioner Marty indicated he did not like the language in the agreement concerning eminent 297