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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 11, 2016 Page 30 Mr. Freihammer advised that other than traditional easements, at this point addi- tional easements wouldn't gain anything significant without a huge easement to mitigate the issues. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Freihammer confirmed that the homes in this area were build around the edges, with the entire middle area of the lots basically serving as a wetland. Councilmember McGehee opined that the more those lots were divided up and more impervious surface constructed around the edges, the more water would run off into the wetland, further opining the wet- land already appeared beyond capacity during large rain events. Mr. Freihammer clarified that the city's underground stormwater pipe system was under capacity, causing the runoff to surcharge into the wetland during large rain events; but agreed in concept with Councilmember McGehee that the more put into the sys- tem, the worse the problem became. Mayor Roe noted the applicant was present in the audience and available to stand for questions, but sought to make no additional comment beyond staff s report. Mayor Roe opened the public hearing at approximately 9:22 p.m. Public Comment Joint written comment wczs included (RCA Exhibit D) dczted Jun3 28> 2016 from Cczrl & Charitv Willis, 1885 Gluek Lane nnd Jim & Jan House at 1896 Gluek Lczne specific to this request and the next appliccztion; both expressing concern for czncl seeking cz cleczr understancling of stormwc�ter clrainage impacts. Jim King, 1861 Gluek Lane Mr. King addressed the standing water in the wetland due to last Tuesday's signif- icant rainfall. However, Mr. King took issue with the statement made by Coun- cilmember McGehee, while agreeing any more hard surface will allow more rainwater into the area, but disagreed that adding the proposed concrete driveway would make any difference considering the broader square mile of drainage com- ing into the wetland from the south. Mr. King also took issue with the perception that the proposal, while agreeing it would add more runoff, but not significantly compared to the broader problems already in the area, and noted the problem was with the existing stormwater system being inadequate to address the larger area draining into it. Steve McLoon, 1920 Gluek Lane Mayor Roe agreed to hear comment from Mr. McLoon on both proposals on Gluek Lane. Mr. McLoon stated he had so many objections to these proposals, especially in light of last week's major rain event, making the road impassible at several loca-