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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 23, 1998 • Page 16 1 Mayor Ranallo stated this was not true. The resolution authorized the City Manager to look at 2 the property and sit with the residents to discuss the purchase of that property for use as a holding 3 pond. 4 Mr. Swanson stated his neighbors were not aware of this situation until he and his wife started 5 notifying them. He noted that Mr. Hubmer says the City cannot pass the problem onto another 6 neighbor but they are passing it on to his neighbors without any notification and he resents this. 7 He stated he did not have a flooding problem, does not want to sell his land, and asked that the 8 City just leave him alone. 9 Mr. Lomar, stated he would like to speak in defense of the City Council and the Storm Water 10 Task Force. This is the first Council in 42 years who has had the guts to tackle the problem and 11 come up with a practical, relatively inexpensive solution. The Task Force put in over 100 man 12 hours since last August. Residents had an opportunity to be involved in the Task Force meetings 13 and it is a little late now to come here and ask questions that should have been asked at those 14 meetings. He stated this is a waste of everyone's time. He stated that Peter Willenbring and 15 Todd Hubmer are part of a group of the best engineers in the State of Minnesota. 16 Stanley Kosal, 2801 Silver Lake Road, stated he was fortunate to have no water in his basement and no need for a sump pump. He stated that Peter Willenbring and Todd Hubmer have done good work. He noted that gravity systems have worked for centuries. He was willing to give the 19 proposal a try. 20 Mr. Willenbring explained that the process has included the City authorizing an engineering 21 study (feasibility report)to be done. This determined a range of options of solutions to correct 22 the problem. It was determined that it would cost a minimum of$6 million to build the 23 necessary improvements. The City did not have the funds available but has been very successful 24 in obtaining a large amount of funding. A public hearing is now being held and residents are 25 now being notified as there is now a reasonable description of the project. The City will then 26 authorize WSB to proceed with the plans and specifications of the proposal. 27 Motion by Faust, second by Thuesen to close the public hearing at 9:37 p.m. 28 Mornson noted that the Council had given WSB authorization to look at the plans and 29 specifications for this project at the May 26, 1998 Council meeting contingent on this public 30 hearing. 31 Motion by Faust, second by Marks to authorize WSB to move forward with the redevelopment 32 of Central Park and Silver Point Park. WMotion carried unanimously.