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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 20,2013 Page 17 Derek Larson,922 Millwood Mr. Larson addressed the referenced 1997 hydrological study, clarifying that for- mer City Councilmember Dean Maschka had attended meetings regarding the proposal at that time, and a hydrologist from the U of MN had spoken to the neighborhood during that time. Mr. Larson opined that, with modern technology, the data should be easily attainable to determine how much water travels in the clay pipes for each portion and to determine how much runoff would end up on their properties. Mr. Larson opined that there would definitely be a problem, whether addressed now or in the future, and expressed his wish that the project could be delayed until those numbers were available. Steve Hasse,932 Millwood Mr. Hasse recognized a lot of discussion had been held about headlights directed at the properties on the north side, but not a lot about similar impacts to those properties on the south. Mr. Hasse advised that he had no interest in seeing them in his front windows; and based on his perspective of neighborhood aesthetics, he had no interest in facing the backyards of some of the lots; opining that they should be single-family homes facing the street, a more suitable aesthetic to their existing neighborhood. Regarding drainage, Mr. Hasse advised that he couldn't even walk in his backyard tonight after several days of rain; and expressed hope that the drainage issues were being seriously considered. Mr. Hasse noted that some soil borings had been done in the past, with significant water hit at about 3 feet. Mr. Hasse also questioned what constituted soil boring and how it was done; opining that it should be significant soil borings,not just a shovel. Follow-up to Public Comment/Further City Council Discussion Regarding trees, Mayor Roe asked that staff address impacts of development to trees on adjacent lots, and what the City's practice was to enforce those impacts for construction projects. Mr. Paschke advised that,with this type of project, the situation was reviewed and a determination made whether protective fencing was required, all under the ad- ministration of the City's Tree Preservation Ordinance in order to project adjacent trees. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Paschke advised that this policy had been in place during the development of the Josephine Woods project, with a review sev- eral times during the process, and especially during construction of the model homes, with him personally walking the site with three members of the develop- ment team, with trees marked as part of their plan and verified in the field as to where actual fencing would go. Mr. Paschke advised that such interaction and fi- nal approval of the tree preservation plan, with field modifications, would also take place with this development as with any development. Mayor Roe con- firmed that staff made efforts to look at adjacent sites, not just the project site it- self.