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Mounds View City Council October 10, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 2 • to be regraded. He understood Mr. Hanson had done some of the work and they were working with Mr. Hanson to resolve and correct the problems. Mr. Rudy stated he had no problem with the staff, but rather with the owner of the property. He stated the property owner was not being a good neighbor. He stated the property owner should be made to put up a retaining wall. Mayor Marty asked if there was any damage to the dwelling. Mr. Rudy replied it got up to the foundation, but did not get into the home. Mayor Marty requested staff check into this and report back to the Council. He asked if staff could expedite this. Director Ericson stated staff would talk to Mr. Hanson and emphasis the fact that something needed to be done and the silt fence properly installed. However, he noted this could become a civil issue between the two property owners. He stated he understood Mr. Jenkins' concerns. Mayor Marry inquired about a Swale or retaining wall. Director Ericson stated this had been discussed and they had decided to put a Swale between the property line with a small berm, but he noted there was no vegetation on the property, so the Swale quickly filled in with silt and once everything was done, he believed everything would function properly, but until that happened, something needed to be done with the grading. He noted the Swale was not sufficient to handle a large rain event and this needed to be regraded to something more significant. He stated staff . would talk to Mr. Hanson tomorrow. Mr. Rudy requested staff inform him of the time of the meeting so he could be there also. Tom Belting, 122 Blackwood Street, Coon Rapids, expressed concern about the Groveland Park Building bidding system. He stated he did not believe the specifications were accurate on the bid. Mayor Marty stated Council had considered putting this out for rebid. Dave Warwick, 5081 Edgewood Drive, expressed concern about the parking ban put into place a few weeks ago. He presented a petition signed but all but two neighbors on the street. He stated the parking ban was well intentioned to protect the children crossing the street, but as he saw it, there were two problems. The first problem was the complete 24-hour a day parking ban. He believed this type of a ban was too excessive. He stated there were 14 residences being inconvenienced by this and some of the residents needed to park on the street. He stated when the residents had guests, there would be nowhere them to park. He stated they could park in the school parking lot, but who would be liable if someone was hurt. He indicated the Police Chief assured him that if they contact the Police Department they could have permission to park in the no parking area. He stated he believed this reduced their property values and inquired if there was no parking, there would be cars waiting on both the west and east side of the street, which would pose a greater safety problem for the children. He stated this would not solve the parking problem and he recommended the parking ban be limited to the time the children were outside, such as 7-9 a.m. and 2-4 p,m. He noted by doing it this way, parents who needed to take their • kids out of school for some reason, needed a place to park where they could quickly go into the school to retrieve their kids. He stated the second problem was that this got rushed through on