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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 12, 2016 Page 29 Councilmember Etten stated he has heard the concerns of the neighbors around the historical water issues and agrees with the petition that this is an area the City needs to address, of which staff is acutely aware. He stated he is interested in looking at ways to address those concerns and how to fund it. Councilmember Etten noted the Roseville School District is considering updating its facilities at Fairview School and asked whether the City can work with them as they do other construction to retain and hold water from affecting Gluek Lane. Councilmember Etten stated he does not think this property owner can be held re- sponsible for water arriving from other sites and noted the proposed BMPs will meet Roseville’s and the Rice Creek Watershed’s standards and carry mainte- nance agreements to hold the water on the subject property. He felt Condition d clearly outlines the requirement to retain and mitigate on site run off caused by the proposed new development, which addresses the concerns both from within that property and future impacts on other properties. Councilmember Willmus stated when this subdivision came before the Council previously, his concern was with regard to the site exacerbating the situation that currently exists. He stated Condition d goes a long way, in his mind, to getting at that concern with respect to the finding he had put forward previously so he is comfortable with Condition d being in place. Councilmember Willmus stated he had a bit of hesitation knowing that this is going well beyond something that is typically outlined in Code but confident that the applicant has come forward and testified to the fact that he (Mr. Koland) will accept this condition and go forward in good faith and put in place. Councilmember Willmus agreed with Coun- cilmember Etten’s comments relating to existing conditions in this area and those not lying at the feet of the applicant and not being punitive in that regard in the applicant’s ability to subdivide his property. Councilmember McGehee stated she does not support this as she does not feel comfortable with Condition d, enforcement, and is not happy with sketches and seeing the engineering information she would like to see. Also, she is not of the opinion that the Council has seen the end or limit of the rain events experienced this summer. Councilmember McGehee stated she prefers to err on the side of caution given what the City Engineer said we have the potential of mitigating in that area right now. She preferred a more cautious approach of the petition and majority of residents who think it should be limited now until there is a better handle on what the rain events are going to be, what mitigation can go on around this 120-acre site, which may not include the back fields of Fairview. She is also not sure whether Fairview is that much higher than the high edge of Gluek Lane. Councilmember McGehee continued she is not sure that anything she sees in the foreseeable future or that she heard from the City Engineer is going to ameliorate the problem that already exists. She does not support the argument that other people got to do this in the past because in the past, we had different rain events and conditions. Councilmember McGehee stated she does not think it is the pru-