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Minutes of the Arden Hills Regular Council Meeting, 2-10-92 Page 11 . STATUS REKlRI'; Council was referred to the Undeveloped Land Report UNDEVEIDPED I1\ND prepared by Planner Bergly. Council acJmowledged receipt of the annual report. . RES. #92-12; Council was referred to the Feasibility Report dated KEI'IHSON roND January 1992 and the letter from Eh:fineers Ten:y Maurer IMPROVEMENTS and Mark Graham dated 2-6-92, relative to the proposed Keithson Area Holding Pond Improvement/ Eh:fineer Graham explained the Feasibility Report was prepared, as directed by Council, to retain the city's option to assess property owners contribJ.ting runoff to the holding pond. He reported on the bid opening for the :improvement; six bids were received, with a low bid of $28,840 presented by Ryan Contracting, Inc. Graham advised the options available for consideration at this t:iJne are to either accept the bids and award the contract or seek additional information by scheduling the appropriate public hearings. Councilmernber Malone reconunended receipt of the feasibility report and scheduling the public hearings in order to retain all options available at this t:iJne. He commented that the easements must be acquired prior to construction of the pond. The Eh:fineer noted that the est:iJnated total project cost is based on the low bid plus overhead costs, however, it does not include easement acquisition costs for . the Reiling property. Acting Mayor Mahowald requested the City Atto:rney update the status of the easement acquisition. Atto:rney Filla reported the condemnation hearing in this mtter is scheduled on 2-14-92; the prelilTlinary appraisal of damages is $17,000.00. He explained the appraiser has included additional costs for the property owner's loss of flexibility to loc:ate the pond in another area if the site. Filla requested Council grant him authorization to indicate to the Commissioners that willingness of the city to stipulate a condition which allows the owner to reconfigure or reloc:ate the pond if necessary for development of the site, provided the pond capacity remains the same. Council concurred to direct the Atto:rney to offer the above contingency at the hearing. Acting Mayor Mahowald asked for questions from the fl=r. Dick Foster, 4527 Keithson Drive, expressed concern that the proposed project does not appear to alieviate the flooding on his property. He noted the high water level elevation established for the 100 year event appears high. Foster displayed a drawing which outlined the pond area prior to development of the Keithson Addition; noted the reconfiguration of the pond, as a=arrplished in . 1987. He explained that the elevation of the pond was initially 970.2 and that was changed to 969.5 when lDt 5 was split and combined to lDts 4 and 6 in the development.