Minutes - Council - 04/15/1986 - Public Hearing

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cannot require the developer to further develop the property. Mr. Goodrich - It is general knowledge that the water table is as high now as it has been in 10-15 years. Some of these problems were not recognized when certain areas were developed. Had the city required more of the developers with regards to drainage, curbs, etc., the buyers of the properties would still have paid for those extras. Lyle Eggers - 7930 157th - Have seen the drainage problems but why does the water stop at Hwy. 10; there should be a natural drainage flow to the river. County Rd. ~83 is being ruined because developers are draining northward. Hwy. #10 stops the natural flow of the drainage and now the citizens have to pay to correct the problem. Mr. Raatikka - Hwy. 10 stops the drainage and forms a physical barrier. In the Fall of 1985, monitoring wells were installed and it was found that once you go across Hwy. 10 the water table drops 7'-8'. Lyle Eggers - I think the Federal government should pay for ruining a natural drainage pattern. Mr. Raatikka - The heavy rainfalls over the past few years are also contributing to the drainage problems. Lyle Eggers - The heavy rainfalls are just a natural cycle we are going through. Mr. Hartley - The Department of Transportation will pay for some of the drainage system based on the amount of square footage they occupy. If the city ever does any improvements in that area, we will be sure to contact them. Terry O'Connor - 15311 Iguana Street NW - I am planning on selling and leaving the area by this summer. If what you are proposing goes the way you want it to go, will I have to pay off my share of the improvements at the sale closing? Mr. Hartley - Don't think that we are trying to sell you a method of financing storm sewer drainage systems. We are giving you one of the options. More than likely you would not be paying for the improvement before you leave. If Council would adopt the ordinance on April 22, it would not become effective until 30 days after it's official publication. After that, a public hearing on the improvements is required. It is not likely that any property taxes would be levied related to those improvements until 1987 at the earliest, and even more likely to be 1988. If we used the method of special assessments, whether or not the seller or buyer pays the assessment is a negotiable item. Terry O'Connor - Whenever the city conducts a public hearing, the potentially affected persons are notified by letter. I just happened to notice this public hearing notification in the paper; a lot of the residents do not get the Anoka Union. Mr. Hartley - Law requires us to publish public hearing notices in the city's legal newspaper. The Union did us a favor and published it as front page; it is hour hope that people would read that paper. We also included an article April 15, 1986 Page 6 of 12