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Mounds View Planning Commission July 5, 2000 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Keehn advised that he has seen an occurrence in many communities where 20 to 30 homes <br />were previously built with a house and possibly a garage, and are now built with a house, a <br />double garage, a barn in the back, and the patio. This could impact the storm sewer systems with <br />street flooding, a low spot that never used to flood could begin flooding. He advised a lot of <br />plans do not address that, but that may be a problem in the future if redevelopment increases the <br />impervious surface areas. Mr. Keehn noted that if everyone in the Watershed District were to <br />build a new house and a double garage, there would be problems. <br /> <br />Acting Chairperson Stevenson inquired if they should expand on the redevelopment issue in the <br />plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Keehn said if he read this plan the way it is, it would imply that conditions have not and will <br />not change. Perhaps the plan should explain that although planned development may basically <br />stay the same, there could be other issues related to redevelopment. He suggested that as people <br />look for changes in their property, they should look at the “big picture” and see what the <br />potential impact is. <br /> <br />Commissioner Hegland stated he finds it hard to believe that a typical homeowner in Mounds <br />View would have an impact on this. Even if everyone increased the size of his or her building by <br />50 percent, he cannot believe it would affect this to that large of a degree that it would have to be <br />dealt with. Commissioner Hegland suggested, perhaps, the types of things to be included would <br />be a change of the topography of the property or large projects, such as big parking lots or <br />something similar. He said he would like to make sure that the plan does not restrict homeowner <br />development in any way, but rather keep it restricted to the larger projects. <br /> <br />Acting Chairperson Stevenson pointed out that in Mounds View, redevelopment is an issue, and <br />it is becoming more and more of an issue. He concurred with Commissioner Miller that they are <br />really not addressing redevelopment in this document. He stated it should be addressed that <br />water management should consider redevelopment, as it is an issue in Mounds View. <br /> <br />Mr. Keehn said the way the plan reads now is that it almost implies that the system is good and <br />everything will be okay. However, it sounds like some redevelopment issues could cause <br />potential negative impacts and they should be addressed in the plan. He stated he will add some <br />additional language to flag that point and to let people know that there is a concern. <br /> <br />Acting Chairperson Stevenson said there are definitely some issues with redevelopment. If they <br />were to redevelop a large parcel that happens to be a mobile home park, the implications to water <br />management would be great. He stated some development will happen in the City and he <br />believes the plan needs a statement regarding it. <br /> <br />Mr. Keehn said he would work with Staff to develop language that reflects both sides of this <br />concern. He added this would not include anything that would restrict a property owner from <br />constructing a garage. <br /> <br />Acting Chairperson Stevenson directed Staff to draft a resolution for the next meeting.