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Regular Planning CommissionMeeting Minutes –Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Page 17 used for deliveries would have a side enough space to be able to turn off the road onto 823 the site. 824 Mr. DeLong also expressed his concerns related to water drainage, noting the 825 considerable funds spent at Midland Grove to fix their drainage problems, and asked that 826 planners seriously look at that aspect, especially with the proposed drainage plane and 827 plans for underground parking, given that Midland Grove experienced flooded 828 basements. 829 Member Cunningham asked staff to address the road width and access for street plows, 830 semi tractor-trailers, or vans, suggesting that this was probably the reason for “No 831 Parking” designation on both sides to facilitate that. 832 Mr. Paschke responded that the issue will be with traffic volumes and at what point that 833 became problematic for the intersection. However, Mr. Paschke noted that the current 834 design capacity of that part of the road is already much higher than anyone was probably 835 aware of, but it may be an issue to be addressed with a traffic study. 836 Specific to stormwater management and drainage problems experienced with Midland 837 Grove Condominiums, Mr. Paschke advised that today’s regulations had changed 838 dramatically since the existing single-family homes and Midland Grove Condominiums 839 had been constructed. Mr. Paschke noted that today’s standards were very high and the 840 site would now be required to meet many requirements before any runoff can leave the 841 sites. While staff has yet to review those stormwater plans in detail due to the concept 842 nature of the proposal at this point and not part of tonight’s requested action, Mr. 843 Paschke advised that those requirements would become part of the approval process of 844 any development, and anticipated the developers had already worked a number of those 845 considerations into their design even at this point. Mr. Paschke noted that heightened 846 stormwater management issues were here to stay, and any development would need to 847 meet not only city requirements, but also those of the applicable watershed district; and if 848 not met, there would be no permit issued for development. Mr. Paschke noted that one 849 of those requirements is that stormwater runoff leaving the site had to remain as it was 850 today or prove less, and had to be controlled before leaving the site. 851 Rick Poeschl, 2220 Midland Grove Road, #111 852 Mr. Poeschl had provided his concerns via written comment, included in the meeting 853 packet materials. Mr. Poeschl reiterated that Midland Grovehad a water problem, and 854 when it rained hard there was water in their garages and in the tunnel connecting them, 855 as well as at the end of Midland Grove met their property. Mr. Poeschl questioned if this 856 project would make that situation worse. 857 P. Carrington Ashton, 2200 Midland Grove Road 858 Mr. Ashton concurred with concerns about drainage, and opined that there would 859 definitely be a serious problem with stormwater drainage and the additional traffic on the 860 roadway. Given the amount of drainage and flooding issues with Midland Grove, Mr. 861 Ashton questioned why drainage wasn’t looked into before Midland Grove was built. 862 Mr. Paschke referenced his previous comments, and noted that regulations had changed 863 since the 1960’s and construction of Midland Grove. Mr. Paschke stated that the 864 development met standards in place at that time, but since then and during his 17 years 865 tenure in the City’s Planning Department, stormwater management standards had 866 changed at least 12 times. Mr. Paschke noted that those standards had been changed to 867 protect adjacent properties as well as the development site itself to avoid putting any 868 additional pressure on existing infrastructure and those adjacent properties. 869 Fred Christiansen,2200 Midland Grove Road 870 As a retired architectbeing familiar with buildings, design and site development, Mr. 871 Christiansen opined that a lot of mistakes had been made when Midland Grove was 872 constructed. Mr. Christiansen further opined that part of that was the two architects who 873 did the preliminary plan but then hadn’t been paid, ending up with the facility built without 874 any architectural expertise or oversight. 875