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<br />City of Centerville <br />August 14, 2002 <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />could authorize someone to come out and assess the problem and get it taken care of <br />within 30 days. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra asked if Mr. Peterson looked at this property. Mr. Peterson <br />indicated that he had not been in the back yard but City Staff shot the ditch and said it is <br />I % which is a little flat but falls within the normal specifications for the slope. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson asked if this was the same issue as the Eagle Pass Pond. Mr. <br />Peterson indicated it was two different ponds. <br /> <br />Mr. Steven St. George of 1861 Pioneer Lane played a videotape taken on July 28, 2002 <br />immediately after a storm. He then asked if the ditch was surveyed this year or last year. <br />Mr. Palzer indicated it was done in May of this year. <br /> <br />Mr. St. George indicated it was done before the townhomes had sod installed. <br /> <br />Mr. Peterson indicated that any erosion caused by the construction could be removed but <br />said the grade itself cannot be altered much. He then explained that the water flows <br />down to the pond and out through a system of pipes and eventually ends up in Clear <br />Water Creek. <br /> <br />Mr. Greg Noner of 1855 Pioneer Lane indicated he had come to show support for his <br />neighbors. He then said he had called Mr. Cook because Swift has not finished the <br />landscaping behind the houses and then spoke to Carrie from Swift who assured him that <br />it would be done next week. <br /> <br />Mr. Noner indicated that he had asked Mr. Cook when the grade was last shot and was <br />told it was done last fall and was also told that Staff cannot come out every 30 days to <br />shoot the ditch. He then said that the area was eroding all spring and summer and has <br />obviously affected the 1% grade. <br /> <br />Mr. Noner said he felt the City needed to shoot the grade to see if the I % was affected <br />and Staff has said that it cannot do so without direction from CounciL He then said that <br />he feels that Swift should be held accountable for the problem. <br /> <br />Mr. Robert Dolner of 7031 Eagle Trail indicated he receives the residual from the <br />ponding as he is directly behind the elevation in question. He then said that the grade <br />behind his property has been lifted more than 30 inches within 8 feet of his property and <br />the drainage area changed from 5 feet wide. He further indicated that he is a civil <br />engineer for Dakota County and it is a negative grade in that location. <br /> <br />Mr. Dolner indicated he felt Gorham and/or Swift should be held responsible for the <br />problem. He also indicated he would question the setback to the easement. <br /> <br />Mr. Dolner indicated that when he installed his fence he had three inches of clearance <br />under it and now the fence has soil and grass growth up 4 inches. He then indicated that <br /> <br />Page 3 of21 <br />