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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 18, 2016 Page 8 Written comment via letter dated July 18, 2016 and addressed to Councilmembers was provided by Ms. Mencke as part of the record, attached hereto and nzade a part hereof. Similar to Mr. Koland's request, Ms. Mencke requested reconsideration of the de- nial and a new vote to change that previous decision of the City Council. Ms. Mencke summarized the points made in her written comment, disputing the "facts" utilized by the City Council in making their determination for denial. Ms. Mencke introduced her contractor to address drainage issues in support of her request for reconsideration. Licensed Minnesota Residential Contractor Tony Brown Having constructed over 600 homes during his career, Mr. Brown noted he had been met with many challenged, but his goal had always been to find resolution with drainage on lots in an area; and noted his success to-date in solving those problems. Mr. Brown asked the City Council for their expertise with civil engineering in having based their ruling on that expertise. Mr. Brown further asked if the City's engineer had approved calculations for drainage on this site; and asked that the City Council provide a response or seek additional information to determine a so- lution. As noted with the previous item, Mayor Roe clarified that tonight's action was to memorialize action already taken, or a motion to reconsider that previous action to deny. Ms. Mencke In recognizing another home currently under construction in their neighborhood with similar issues, Ms. Mencke questioned how that had received approval when theirs had been denied. Mayor Roe clarified that was not under consideration tonight; and without details of that approval, could not address that. Mayor Roe thanked Ms. Mencke for her testimony and advised the City Council would take under advisement her request to reconsider previous denial. Brad Koland As pointed out by Ms. Mencke, Mr. Koland referenced his written comments (page 6) and calculations he made as a civil engineer, using input provide by the City of Roseville's engineer. Mr. Koland asked any city professional engineer to perform their own calculations, or offered to hire a third party engineer to do so.