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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 12, 2016 Page 22 and have to rise to a certain level before draining into the sewer system. Those two ponds have aeriation fountains to decrease algae accumulation and eliminate mosquitos. Mr. House stated when they build their home in 1976, there was more low area and water and, in fact, they used to put pellets out in the spring to control mosqui- tos. With regard to Basin 2, he noted it is not in the lowest area as the lowest area is in the easement so he is not sure the role Basin 2 would play in solving the overalls water storage capacity issue. Mr. House stated he considers Brad Koland to be a good friend and personally does not think they are trying to block development that’s consistent with the area and doesn’t create additional problems provided the water problems are dealt with. Mr. House pointed out the drainage is not Gluek Lane’s problem as this neighborhood is absorbing some of the water running through the area. He stated he is unsure where the Fairview Avenue storm sewer fills but water in the whole area needs to be dealt with. Steve McLoon, 1920 Gluek Lane Mr. McLoon stated he is still opposed to this though appreciates the efforts that have been made. He stated the Council has heard from the residents that there is pretty unanimous opposition to this plan and while the landowner says he doesn’t care what the neighbors think, he hopes the Council as their elected representa- tives do care about what they think. Mr. McLoon stated he has two concerns with the proposal. It was not clear to him what will be done as compared to what could be done. It also was not clear to him if the catch basins are going to be put into the deed and required. He stated in the spring, the larger catch basin in the newly subdivided property is already up at the water level so if you are just putting in a “swimming pool,” that’s not very useful for catching more water. Mr. McLoon stated the water table in the spring- time is a few inches under the ground, even without rain. He acknowledged the catch basins were a nice idea but he does not think the larger one in that new property will be useful. Mr. McLoon strongly encouraged the Council to again deny this request. John King, 1861 Gluek Lane Mr. King stated the flooding on Gluek Lane is completely unrelated to the wet- lands, which is lower than Gluek Lane because all the water that floods Gluek Lane comes from above. Now the lot proposed to be subdivided is below Gluek Lane so nothing he does is going to change the flooding as water goes downhill. Mr. King stated everyone is saying it is terrible and something needs to be done and he will suggest doing something. He stated he heard at an earlier Council meeting that the wetland has a capacity of 1.3 to 1.6 million gallons. The geolog-