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Mounds View City Council July 8, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 7 • Julian Sprunck of 2649 Louisa Avenue handed out pictures taken of his property with standing water and noted those pictures were taken in three different years. He then said he had attempted to obtain pictures of the current situation because the water is knee high but those pictures did not work out. Mr. Sprunck indicated the Mayor had asked him to confirm comments made to him by a Rice Creek inspector in 1998 and said he had done so. He then indicated that last week Barbara Haake from Rice Creek and Lee Daleiden, the new inspector for Rice Creek were out to his house to review the situation. They spent two hours determining what the 6-inch pad would do. He further indicated that it was explained to him that, from the floor of the underground water table there is a measurement that goes up either 24 or 36 inches and, if it is 36 inches, that would raise the ground level by 6 inches which would cause flooding to him and 11 others on Louisa and three others on Sunnyside Road for a total of 15 properties. Mr. Sprunck went on to say that Rice Creek reviewed materials from Mr. Ericson provided at the Planning Commission meeting and it appears as though there is no room for onsite drainage. They indicated that, depending on underground floor of the water table, the ground would have to be raised by six inches and noted that, at the present time, no representations no questions and no applications have been directed to Rice Creek. If an application is made then all the testing must be done including establishing the floor of the ground water table and soil borings because of the possibility of a peat bog. ould e anted but Mr. Sprunck indicated that if all applications are m order the approval w b gr would be good for only 90 days. Mr. Sprunck indicated that Rice Creek had told him that they are more active than ever before and are extremely concerned about the quantity and quality of water and drainage issues. Mr. Sprunck handed out a packet of information for each Council Member. In the packet there was a letter to the Planning and Zoning Commission from Judy Rowley and Mr. Sprunck pointed out that the letter states that the residential area is not designed to carry the amount of runoff resulting from multiple dwellings. Mr. Sprunck indicated that Mr. Ericson had said earlier in this meeting that the part of the property fronting on H2 would be compatible with the City's Comprehensive Plan. He then read an excerpt from a report drafted by Mr. Jopke dated December 30, 1997 which stated the opposite opinion indicating that the entire site would need to be replatted. Mr. Sprunck commented that Mr. Ericson's cover letter indicates that the Comprehensive Plan would need to be amended to reflect medium density residential and said, for obvious reasons, he would be opposed to amending the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Sprunck closed by saying that, in his view, to build townhomes to the tune of 66 is • detrimental to the neighborhood and adversely affects 15 properties. Three on Sunnyside and 12 on the north side of Louisa Avenue.