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<br />City Council Meeting Minutes <br />June 13, iDOl <br /> <br />that there may not be other developments that are comparable so the assessment methods <br />used in other developments may not be the best guide for how to assess this development. <br /> <br />Mr. Vanderbeek questioned the elevation of the property behind his property. He then <br />asked if the ditch would stay open behind him. Mr. Peterson concurred and stated that it <br />will drain the entire Phase I portion of the project. <br /> <br />Mr. Vanderbeek indicated the pond in back of his property acts as a stopgap for runoff in <br />the spring holding water until it runs out into the ditch. Mr. Vanderbeek stated that if the <br />elevation of the property behind him changes the water would flow onto his property <br />rather than into the pond and out to the ditch. <br /> <br />Mr. Hannah indicated he would talk to the engineers; however, the area Mr. Vanderbeek <br />was referring to, would remain untouched, open space and should continue to hold water <br />as it currently does. <br /> <br />Mr. Vanderbeek indicated a previous plan for the property had contained a pond and this <br />plan does not. Mr. Vanderbeek stated concern that because there was no pond on this <br />plan. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers questioned whether the ditch had ever been cleaned <br />out. Mr. Vanderbeek indicated it had not been cleaned out in the fifteen (15) years he <br />had owned the property. <br /> <br />Mr. March stated that he thought the ditch was cleaned several years ago. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg requested that Mr. March forward a letter to the Rice Creek Watershed <br />District requesting them to consider cleaning the ditch. <br /> <br />Mr. Vanderbeek indicated he had given the Metropolitan Council an easement on his <br />property to run sewer and they closed the ditch with the work they completed. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg stated that the Metropolitan Council had not completed repairing the <br />yards that were torn up during construction and noted there is erosion as a result. Mr. <br />March indicated the Metropolitan Council was not completed with the project. <br /> <br />Mr. Vanderbeek indicated the Metropolitan Council had three (3) months remaining to <br />finish the project. <br /> <br />Mr. Hannah indicated that the delineated wetland area has to be protected during <br />construction with silt fencing. Mr. Hannah stated that the Watershed District would <br />monitor construction to make sure the wetland area is properly protected. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg summarized Mr. Vanderbeek's issues to be that he is owed several <br />trees, flooding in front of his property, his wife's daycare business needs access during <br /> <br />Page 5 of25 <br />