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Regular City Council Meeting DRAFT Minutes of Monday, 3une � 8, 2a07 Page 41 1 City Engineer Debra Bloom reviewed the request of the owner of 2 Gold Eagle at 1233 Larpenteur Avenue for a building permit for an 3 addition to their existing building, which was constructed in 1961. 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 Ms. Bloom briefly outlined the staff analysis deta.iled in the staff re- port dated June 1 S, 2047, including policy considerations; City Attor-- ney consultation with staff; history of the Gottfried Pit subwatershed, owned and operated by Ramsey County; staff monitoring of the berm and pit as applicable with signif cant rainfall events; and ideniification of the site as a problem area in the 2Q06 storm water report. 12 Ms. Bloom further reviewed City Code, Section 1016:26B2 as it re- 13 lated to three policies add�essed in the C�ty's Comprehensive Surface 14 Water Management Plan developed in 1990 and updated in 2003, as 15 they relate to buildings in subwatersheds, and addressing freeboard 1 C requirements; freeboard requirements for landlocked a.reas; and a vul- 17 nerable area emergency response p1an. 18 ].9 Ms. Bloom reviewed and supported the City Council directing staff to 20 develop a vulnerable area emergency response plan in order to issue a 21 building permit at 1233 Larpenteur Avenue; with the owner indemni- 22 fying the City from any damages to his property due to flooding in 23 tl�is subwatershed. Ms. Bloom noted applicable plan conditions, siill 24 to be drafted, including: 25 • SCADA to include property owner phone number to alert when 26 eleva�ion reaches 908; 27 28 29 30 31 • Addition to be at 913.6 (2' above 2003 storm); • P1an recorded and filed against property (curren� and future own- ers}; and • Indemnification language 32 Ms. Bloom and Councilmembers continued discussion of the elements 33 of the plan; and engineering so�utions and installation by the applicant 34 of an underground chamber as part of the construction to further re- 35 duce their rate. 36 37 38 Applicant and owner of thc property, John Ericksoo, was present and concurred with staff; and expressed his support of the proposal.