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City Council Meeting Minutes March 23, 1999 • Page 7 1 Ranallo stated that WSB, Inc., has identified 10 alternative areas for the overflow basin, and 2 invited Todd Hubmer, WSB, Inc., to review them. Mr. Hubmer reviewed the alternative areas 3 and presented overhead views of the affected areas: 1) Town& Country and Northgate; 2) 27th 4 Avenue and Pahl Avenue; 3) railroad parcel south of the City; 4) Harding Street (purchase 5 easements); 5) Harding Street(purchase homes); 6)triangle parcel at Kenzie Terrace; 7) SAV 6 Liquors, Fire Station and Stonehouse; 8) south of Silver Point Park (purchase of 4 homes); 9) 7 Silver Point Park to Trillium Park(purchase easements and homes); and 10) Silver Point Park to 8 Trillium Park (purchase homes only). 9 .10 Kelly Everhart, 3026 Silver Lake Road, asked for confirmation that the excavation in Silver 11 Point Park will not solve the City's flooding problems. Mr. Hubmer confirmed that the basin in 12 Silver Point Park will provide 22 acre feet of flood protection, and the City requires a total of 55 13 acre feet. Ms. Everhart stated that the decision the Council was about to make has torn the 14 community apart and pitted neighbor against neighbor, adding that she is saddened by this 15 division. 16 17 Ms. Everhart stated that she is affected by options 4 and 5, adding she is upset that the 18 government wants to take away her land. She suggested that the City is attempting to complete the project cheaply, and an independent engineering firm should be hired to find the best, but not 20 the cheapest, solution. 21 22 Rich Miller, 2717 - 30th Avenue, stated he is a Harding neighborhood resident, and the Council 23 should slow the pace of the project down to make time to find other solutions. He added the 24 Council will be seizing private property against the will of its owners and destroying their 25 homes. 26 27 Mr. Miller stated that engineers can make mistakes, and cited as an example the faulty ceiling 28 tiles discovered recently at the community center. He added the impact of the flood water 29 improvements will be far greater than ceiling tiles. He reiterated his desire that the Council slow 30 down the decision and attempt to find additional tax dollars to solve the problem. He stated that 31 the Council's legacy will be the destruction of the Village and gutting of the community. 32 33 Mike Jacobs, 2914 - 29th Avenue, stated that slowing down is not an option. He added that he is 34 affected continually by flood water problems which the City is close to solving. He stated that 35 the City should not spend more money on an independent engineering study, and urged the 36 Council to move forward with its decision. 37 38 Emmett Swanson, 3020 Silver Lake Road, stated he is a Harding neighborhood resident, and the 39 Council is proposing to steal his property against his will. He cited a Golden Valley City 49 Council meeting at which a similar vote was taken, and an elderly resident had a stroke at the