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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 6,2014 Page 5 Roll Call Ayes: Willmus, Laliberte, Etten, McGehee, and Roe. Nays: None. 8. Consider Items Removed from Consent e. Approve Resolution Approving the Vacation of a Portion of a Drainage and Utility Easement Located at 197 County Road B-2 At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon briefly reviewed the re- quest as detailed in the RCA dated October 6, 2014; noting the corrected language on page 3, line 30 of the revised resolution,provided as a bench handout. Councilmember McGehee stated that she was not comfortable vacating this drain- age easement for a variety of reasons, including the need to accommodate recent rain events and/or having sufficient access to repair damage or provide mainte- nance via the easement, and therefore not taking any steps to limit or reduce the easement negatively affecting the water quality of this naturally occurring pond or wetland. Councilmember McGehee questioned the rationale in reducing the size of the easement by replacing the area by allowing its replacement with a pipe di- rectly from the street to the pond, thereby removing a significant pathway of infil- tration by routing that runoff directly from the street to the pond without any infil- tration taking place. Councilmember McGehee asked that the City reconsider this easement vacation as recommended, and ask the builder to retain that infiltration by retaining the access to the wetland or pond. City Engineer Marc Culver reviewed staff's rationale in making this recommen- dation, as he and Councilmember McGehee had discussed by phone earlier today, noting that the lot was currently wooded, and the easement was currently 25', and with a 15' portion vacated resulting in a 10' easement remaining. As a condition of the vacation as noted in the draft revised resolution discussed by City Manager Trudgeon, Mr. Culver clarified that any development and storm water manage- ment plan would be contingent upon review by the City Engineer (Item 4 of the resolution); and to that point, no final plan has yet been reviewed or approved by his office. Mr. Culver advised that the applicant had just recently submitted their preliminary proposed utility plan and have specified an underground storage sys- tem for rate control and treatment for on-site water to meet requirements of the City and Watershed District, as noted in the pipe outlet shown on the displayed map near the edge of the water location and various collection points. Mr. Culver advised that staff would continue to work with the applicant and have the City's Environmental Specialist review and recommend the best treatment and pipe de- sign for infiltration from stormwater elements. Mr. Culver advised that staff while staff was assisting the developer in designing a viable footprint for their 26- unit senior assisted living and memory care facility, part of the approval process would be for that design to provide sufficient treatment and rate control. Mr.