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<br />Mounds View City Council March 14, 2005 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br />do with this neighborhood. He stated he would be going house to house with his petition, but if • <br />anyone wished to call him, his phone number is (763)786-5699. <br />Mayor Many stated they are trying to be proactive by fixing the sewers while they are putting in <br />the streets so they don't have a problem later and have to rip the streets up. <br />Dick Comden, 2832 Woodcrest Drive, stated he wasn't sure if this was the forum for his <br />concern, but in reading the report he discovered he has a nonconforming driveway. He said his <br />he has a circular driveway because a member of his family is in a wheelchair. He stated as far as <br />he is concerned he doesn't want to do the project if they are going to cut off his driveway, but <br />other than that, it's a good deal. <br />Public Works Director Lee stated they thought it had been important to identify nonconforming <br />properties, and as part of this project they would provide a concrete driveway apron. <br />Mr. Wilson stated that by building the holding pond they would be ripping up the woods and <br />displacing the wildlife that they all enjoyed, and they had already been displaced from the County <br />Road H2 project. <br />Mike Marrone, 5045 Brighton Lane, stated he thought that someone from Rice Creek Watershed <br />District should be present at some of these meetings to address the reasoning behind the ponding <br />issues. He stated when you propose ponds, you are looking for a place for a kid to drown. He <br />stated that the citizens should be able to dictate what happens to their property. • <br />Mayor Marty stated they aze well aware of the disadvantages of working with Rice Creek <br />Watershed District, but they hold power over them as far as what they can and cannot do. <br />Charles Asparl, 2948 Springview Lane, asked for an explanation of the ponding south of his area. <br />Public Works Director Lee stated that the feasibility report is in draft form at the present time and <br />there are three options, and there is a meeting tomorrow with the property owners. <br />Mr. Asparl asked what size pond was being considered. <br />Public Works Director Lee stated that it was a rain garden, not a pond. He stated in larger rain <br />events it would fill with water, but it would infiltrate into the ground over a day or two. <br />Mr. Asparl stated that they had looked at the idea of working with the city in the future to <br />actually build a pond there in the future, but they hadn't gotten that far. He stated he would be <br />very interested in having a pond put near this area, and he would be more than willing to give <br />access through his yard and would encourage that. <br />Someone in the audience stated that as his neighbor, he would be opposed to that. <br />There was a short discussion about the rain garden concept. <br />• <br />