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Mounds View Planning Commission October 17, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 9 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Commissioner Scotch indicated that she has seen Rice Creek approve things that are detrimental <br />to the residents in the past and that is her concern. <br /> <br />Mr. Harstad indicated he would be before the City Engineers on the matter and said he could <br />only assure the Commission that if something goes wrong it does come back to the developer <br />and he does not want to deal with it any more than the City does. <br /> <br />Mr. Severson asked if the property was swamp land when his dad bought the land as he <br />understood there was more water there when the land was purchased. <br /> <br />Mr. Harstad disagreed saying that with the development in the area the City has directed water to <br />the property due to the City’s lack of storm sewer in the area. <br /> <br />Mr. Severson indicated he was there when the drainage area on the south end of the land was <br />built and said that there was more water in the swamp than there is now. He then commented <br />that the ground is always saturated and murky. <br /> <br />Mr. Severson indicated that his house is buffered from Silver Lake Road by the trees located on <br />the property along Longview Drive and said removing those trees subjects him to the noise of <br />Silver Lake Road. He then asked if Mr. Harstad would be building the houses. <br /> <br />Mr. Harstad indicated they would be selecting one builder to build all the houses in the <br />development. He then indicated that he would be creating house pads that will permit a certain <br />size home and the builder needs to build within that constraint. <br /> <br />Mr. Severson asked if the houses would have basements. <br /> <br />Mr. Harstad indicated that most houses in the existing neighborhood are split entry. He then <br />indicated his plan calls for five split entry lots, five walkout lots and one look out lot. <br /> <br />Mr. Severson indicated that one house in the area does not have a basement because of the water <br />table. <br /> <br />Mr. Harstad indicated that the south end of the property is the lowest and said the lots toward the <br />north would be the walkout lots. <br /> <br />Mr. Larson indicated he wanted to have a split-level house but the builder said he would have to <br />haul in a lot of dirt and as he and his wife did not want to walk up a lot of steps they decided to <br />eliminate the basement. <br /> <br />Commissioner Miller asked when the City would hear from Rice Creek Watershed District on <br />final approval. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Ericson indicated that the City had recently received <br />notification from Rice Creek Watershed District that the matter has been tabled for more