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City Council received the petition. Dorothy Stadfelt - Stated that it is difficult to have your neighborhood violated from one day to the next; one neighborhood is being violated to develop another. Dorothy referred to Item 1 of Mr. Raatikka's status report and not that the drainage was to go through Rum Acres Estates but not onto the individual properties. Item n refers to 100 year storm capacity but she can find no evidence that the 100 year storm test was conducted. Item n also stated that changes were made to the drainage pattern to comply with the proposed standards of the Lower Rum River Water Management Organization and Dorothy inquired as to when those standards were adopted because all she has been able to find is a draft dated 2/9/90. Dorothy stated that without the 100 year storm study in place, she would have found it difficult to execute construction of the retention basin on Lot 1, Block 5, Rum Acres Estates. Dorothy noted that development of Flintwood Hills PUD and River's Bend, also under the jurisdiction of Metro Council, did not violate someone else's territory. Dorothy stated that she is concerned that a major decision like constructing Lot 1, Block 5, Rum Acres Estates as a retention basin could have been made without notifying the residents of Rum Acres Estates. Dorothy stated that the final plat map for Juniper Woods that was shown to the residents of Rum Acres on August 29, 1989 did not show a drainage pond in Juniper Woods. Mr. Raatikka explained that the plan is to direct the drainage to the north to a ponding area in Juniper Woods and the existing ponding area in Rum Acres (Lot 1, Block 5) would be filled in and vacated. Dorothy Stadfelt - Stated that it appears the drainage pond in Juniper Woods is uphill from the pond in Rum Acres Estates. Mr. Raatikka stated that the elevations indicate that the pond in Juniper Woods is several feet below the pond in Rum Acres; the redirection of drainage would be accomplished using underground pipes with a gradient. Jean Schlueter - 15011 Juniper Ridge Drive - Inquired if she is correct in understanding that the plan is to raise the elevation of LOt 1, Block 5 to road level and not to return it to it's natural state the way the residents of Rum Acres are accustomed to having it for the last 15-20 years. Mr. Raatikka stated that a strip of property along the northern edge of Lot 1, Block 5 would be retained as drainage easement. Dorothy Stadfelt - Inquired as to how the City can take this action without consulting the residents of the neighborhood. Mr. Raatikka noted that the property is an easement owned by the City. Dorothy Stadfelt - Inquired as to how a developer can include a piece of property from an already developed unsewered area in his sewered development area. Mr. Raatikka replied that the lot would not be included in the Juniper Woods development; it is a lot of record within Rum Acres Estates. Jean Schlueter - Noted that the lot is being used in the drainage system for Juniper Woods. City Council/May 22, 1990 Page 9 of 27