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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 11, 2016 Page 29 Mr. Lloyd advised that staff recommended approval, subject to those conditions as outlined in the RCA. With support and questions related to the larger stormwater management for this area from several Councilmembers, Mayor Roe asked the city's engineering staff to address the various issues form the Public Works perspective for drainage in this area and impacts this and the next proposal may create. Assistant Public Works Director and City Engineer Jesse Freihammer Regarding both proposals on Gluek Lane, Mr. Freihammer noted there were al- ready significant stormwater issues in that neighbarhood; and further advised that the city had been slowly addressing the problem through various projects in recent years, including the stormwater drainage infrastructure improvements at Corpus Christi Church as part of that mitigation. Mr. Freihammer stated these were small incremental steps to eliminate the overall problem; and clarified there was a need to withhold a considerable larger amount of drainage upstream of this area, espe- cially during large rain events, such as that experienced last week that caused flooding in the area. Not as much with this proposal as the upcoming one, Mr. Freihammer noted both grading and building plans would impact the floodway; but clarified that the next subdivision proposal tonight would most likely have a more significant impact than this application. Mr. Freihammer noted staff's review and approval of those grading plans, as well as that of other jurisdictional regulating agencies, in ad- dressing how current flooding issues are mitigated would serve to address con- cerns to prevent exacerbating flooding elsewhere or making it worse than current- ly found. Mr. Freihammer clarified that the problem areas from the negative up- stream stormwater impacts were seen with large rainfall events; and as evidenced in the dramatic pictures presented by some residents. However, Mr. Freihammer reiterated that most of the problems were coming from runoff from the south and backing into the stormwater management system rather than from those yards on Gluek developing that much water. At the request of Councilmember Etten, Mr. Freihammer advised that the majori- ty of the stormwater system is the city's responsibility rather than that of the Met- ropolitan Council, negating the potential of any assistance or cost-sharing on their part in alleviating the broader situation. Mr. Freihammer advised that a small por- tion was under Ramsey County's jurisdiction, but the majority was under the city's jurisdiction. Mayor Roe asked if there had been any discussion about having additional dedi- cated easements on this proposal on the easterly property line or elsewhere to ad- dress that stormwater.