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Minutes of the Arden Hills Regular Council Meeting, 2-10-92 Page 11 . srAWS REPORl'; UNDE\TEU)PED IAND Council was referred to the Undeveloped Land Report prepared by Planner Bergly. Council acknOltlledged receipt of the annual report. . RFS. #92-12; KEITHSON POND IMPOOVEMENTS Council was referred to the Feasibility Report dated January 1992 and the letter from Engineers Terry Maurer and Mark Graham dated 2-6-92, relative to the proposed Keithson Area Holding Pond Improvementl Engineer Graham explained the Feasibility Report was prepared, as directed by Council, to retain the city's option to assess property OltlnerS contributing runoff to the holding pond. He reported on the bid opening f= the improvement; six bids were received, with a 10ltl bid of $28,840 presented by Ryan Contracting, Inc. Graham advised the options available for consideration at this time are to either accept the bids and award the contract or seek additional information by scheduling the appropriate public hearings. Council1nember Malone recommended receipt of the feasibility report and scheduling the public hearings in order to retain all options available at this time. He commented that the easements must be acquired prior to construction of the pond. The Engineer noted that the estimated total project cost is based on the 10ltl bid plus overhead costs, hOltlever, it does not include easement acquisition costs for . the Reiling property. Acting Mayor MahOltlald requested the City Attorney update the status of the easement acquisition. Attorney Filla reported the condemnation hearing in this matter is scheduled on 2-14-92; the preliminary appraisal of damages is $17,000. 00. He explained the appraiser has included additional costs for the property owner's loss of flexibility to locate 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 allOltlS the owner to reconfigure or relocate the pond if necessary f= development of the site, provided the pond capacity remains the same. Council concurred to direct the Att=ney to offer the above contingency at the hearing . Acting Mayor MahOltlald asked for questions from the flo=. . 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 accomplished in 1987. He explained that the elevation of the pond was initially 970.2 and that was changed to 969.5 when IDt 5 was split and combined to Lots 4 and 6 in the development.