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June 23, 1975
Mr. McLennan said Blaine is proposing the improvement of Judicial Ditch No. 1
looking for Federal funding ($250,000.00). The drainage laws are so old
and archaic. The cost of repairing the ditch cannot exceed in one year the
original cost of the ditch.
Mr. McLennan said the intention of the holding ponds was to reduce the rate
of flow of water into the ditch. Water runoff close to the creek the idea
is to get it there soon, water runoff far from the creek should be held back.
It must reach the creek at a slow rate to prevent erosion of the banks.
Mr. Johnson said when this originally happened in April, Mr. Paster said the
holding ponds were designed by Rice Creek Watershed.
Administrator Achen replied Rice Creek had input into the design and it was
done in conjunction with them and Paster's designer.
Mr. Johnson said Paster refused to give him the name of their insurance
company but he managed to find out who the insurance company was. Nobody
wants to take responsibility for the damage. He doesn't feel the shopping
center should be allowed to continue construction.
Mayor Johnson addressed Ray Johnson, who said he was at the meeting only as
a viewer for Paster Enterprises, and asked him if he would agree to temporarily
taking whatever it may to pump the ponds.
Mr. Ray Johnson said he was not in a capacity to commit himself but could
not imagine that Paster would not be cooperative.
Mrs. Carol Ziebarth asked who is going to be responsible for the cost.
Mayor Johnson said a court of law would have to determine who is at fault.
Mr. Jerome Casey said he did not see a solution by draining water directly
down Highway 10 to Rice Creek. He still can't see how that will keep the
water from crossing County Road I.
Mayor Johnson said the storm water running into the catch basin will be
channeled through a conduit back of the shopping center. He added that
additional catch basins should be installed to take care of the water
running off the roof.
Administrator Achen questioned the storage of water on the roof.
Mr. Zimnewictz, State of Minnesota Building Code Department of Administration,
reported that he was at the meeting at Mr. Skiba's request. He said there
were no buildings that he knew of in this area that used the roofs as holding
ponds. He said the most a roof could hold should be 30 pounds per square foot
of water and 40 pounds per square foot of snow. He added that Burt Getsug
from Paster Engineering firm was uneasy and unhappy with water stored on the
roof. Roofs are not designed to hold water in this climate because no one
knows for sure how much water will be frozen before snow falls on the roof making
more than 40 pounds per square inch. This condition could cause and has
caused collapse of buildings.
Mayor Johnson asked how many hours it would take to pump the pond. Mr.
McLennan said six hours to pump the northwest pond.
MSP (Johnson - Shelquist) that construction on the shopping center be ceased
as of tomorrow morning and that the engineers from Rice Creek Watershed,