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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 20, 2000 Page 2 • 1 Commission and City Council have previously heard(May 18 and May 25, 1999) and granted the 2 Sperry's request for a variance. However,the variance has expired because the variance is only 3 in effect for one year. City Attorney Soth has advised Staff that the Sperry's must complete a 4 new Petition for variance and begin the process anew. A Concept Review on this matter was 5 held at the May 16, 2000 Planning Commission Meeting. 6 Chair Bergstrom invited Mr. and Mrs. Sperry to address the Commission. Mr. Sperry, 4004 7 Fordham Drive, said he was in attendance to ask for a lot width and area variance and reiterated 8 that the issue had been reviewed at an earlier Planning Commission meeting in May 2000. Mr. 9 Sperry presented a depiction of the proposed plan and he reviewed in detail for the Commission 10 the specific plans in mind. 11 Melsha inquired if Mr. Sperry had received additional neighborhood input from last year about 12 the project. Mr. Sperry stated that he had not received any objections. 13 Bergstrom thanked Mr. Sperry and invited anyone else in the audience to speak. 14 In that respect, Bob Graham, 4024 Fordham Drive, addressed the Commission and mentioned 15 that the City Council had made a promise not to issue variances until the flooding issue has been 16 resolved. He mentioned that the Commission had issued several variances since that time and he was concerned about the health and safety of the residents when heavy rains are experienced and 8 flooding has occurred. 19 Jeff Amolds,4009 Shamrock Drive, would like for the Sperrys to keep in mind a water 20 management plan for the stormwater runoff. He stated that he hoped that the Sperrys would 21 possibly implement some landscaping to help resolve any pooling of water. 22 Asking for any additional input from the audience and hearing none, Chair Bergstrom closed the 23 Public Hearing at 7:14 p.m. 24 Chair Bergstrom asked for comments from the Commissioners. 25 Thomas commented that the Planning Commission has addressed the flooding issue. Bergstrom 26 commented that the Planning Commission has been asking residents to infiltrate the water runoff 27 into their yards to help alleviate the storm water issue. Bergstrom said the City is going to great 28 lengths in constructing and redesigning the City's stormwater runoff to move away from the City, 29 but at this time, the City is requesting that residents try to direct the stormwater into yards. 30 Bergstrom acknowledged that the variance request of the Sperrys had been previously approved, 31 and basically the request before the Planning Commission was an extension of time for Mr. and 32 Mrs. Sperry. Additionally, Bergstrom stated that the City has a commitment to provide a 100- year flood protection for every resident in the City.