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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 10, 2015 Page 3 time or should have figured out not to build in that area. He stated the City is assessing people benefiting from this but he does not benefit one iota from this, adding he was glad something is being done so neighbors can have dry basements but he does not have a wet basement and this does not benefit him. He asked if there was anything offered to the residents who said no to this project and reiterated he does not want to pay for it, adding that his taxes are already paying for it through the 65% share. 8 Ms. Sherry Stenberg, 2816 34`h Avenue NE, stated she is opposed to the drainage improvements 9 and wanted to know what else was considered. She asked if rain gardens or other ways to utilize 10 water were considered. She stated she lives on a hill and has standing water at the bottom of her 11 yard and she has landscaped it to make use of that water. She felt if the residents asking for 12 these improvements needed this project, they should get it without assessing the others, adding 13 this project would not help her at all. 14 15 Ms. Bobbie Ann Fredsall, 3318 Belden Drive, stated she is one of the benefitting residents. She 16 stated she bought her house in 2003 and it never occurred to her or her neighbors to the east that 17 they would have so much of a water problem. She stated they have put in thousands of dollars 18 and are still not guaranteed this will fix the problem. 19 20 City Engineer Hubmer advised the City looked at different alternatives for the drainage 21 improvements and one of the options was to restore an open channel flow, however, because of 22 all the fences, landscaping, trees, etc., that option is more expensive than the current option and 23 is more disruptive and the proposed option was the least expensive and least intrusive. 24 25 Mr. Mike Johnson, trustee of Elmwood Church, stated that during last year's project the 26 contractor parked their vehicles in the church parking lot and asked if that will happen again. 27 28 City Engineer Hubmer advised that City staff are working with church staff on reasonable 29 accommodations for parking of contractor vehicles during construction. 30 31 Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:35 p.m. 32 33 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 34 15 -025; a Resolution Ordering Improvements for the 2015 Street and Utility Improvements. 35 36 Councilmember Stille acknowledged the drainage improvements should have been done when 37 these homes were originally built and it is hard to go back and correct that. He stated the City 38 has been through this before and there needs to be a level of consistency with these projects and 39 the way that the improvements are assessed. 40 41 Mayor Faust stated the City has always used a 35 0/o/65% formula for assessing. He stated the 42 City Council has previously heard the argument about being on top of a hill, but those homes are 43 contributing to the issues downstream and he wants people to have safe, dry homes. 44 45 Motion carried unanimously. 46 47 B. Resolution 15 -026, a Resolution Adopting and Confirming Assessments for the 2015 48 Street and Utility Improvement Project. Todd Hubmer, WSB & Associates presenting. 5