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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 22, 1997 Page 7 1 David Gotleib, 3307 Edward Street, stated he had spoken with Public Works Director and he 2 had explained that when the Johnson Addition was built, the back of his home had been 3 designed as a holding basin. Over the past few years, water has collected in the yard. This 4 year the water was over the basement windows and resulted in flooding of the basement. 5 Mayor Ranallo explained that the Council had addressed this issue at the time the homes were 6 built but the builders proceeded as it was their property and they stated they could do with it 7 as they pleased. 8 Mr. Gotleib stated the Public Works Director had suggested he build a dike in his backyard. 9 He noted this will only push the water into another yard. 10 Mayor Ranallo noted this is a problem all over the City. He thanked the residents for coming 11 this evening and stated the Council will keep them informed. 12 13 B. Update and Hear Comments and Questions Concerning the Metropolitan Council. 14 Rick Packer, Representative on the Metropolitan Council, introduced Guy Peterson, the Sector 15 Representative for St. Anthony. Mr. Packer explained the top 4 priorities of the Metropolitan 16 Council for the next 18 months. The first priority is to improve relationships with local 17 governmental units. The Council will attempt to stay in constant contact with cities to keep 18 abreast of the issues they are facing. The second priority is the Metro 2040 growth strategy. 19 The Council will work with cities to project how far they will grow out in the next 20 years, 20 project growth for the following 20 years, and reserve space for that urbanization. The third 21 priority of the Council is to continue to upgrade the transit system. The fourth priority of the 22 Council is to try to make their organization run as effectively as possible. This effort will 23 include the privatization of some aspects of their system. 24 Mr. Packer reported other current activities of the Council include assisting Cities to include 25 aspects of the 2040 Plan into their Comprehensive Plan Updates, monitoring activities of the 26 Advisory Council on Local and Regional Government, a Task Force on the sewer allocation 27 cost system, and revision to the sewer allocation cost structure. 28 Mayor Ranallo stated the Apache Plaza parking lot was previously being used as a park and 29 ride site. With the current redevelopment at Apache Plaza, there is no longer room for a park 30 and ride on this site. He stated approximately 75 to 100 people had been parking there daily. 31 Mr. Packer stated he would inform the Transit people of this issue. 32 Faust noted that surface water was currently a big issue and questioned if urban sprawl and 33 transit systems, with their effects on densities, would only add to this problem. He 34 acknowledged that transit is necessary and asked if the Metropolitan Council is the umbrella 35 organization to coordinate all these issues. 36 Mr. Packer stated the Metropolitan Council is aware of the issues and believes that they have 37 a realistic idea of the densities they can expect communities to achieve.