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off will be directed to public right of way along the streets. The existing grades of the streets will be shown on the street profiles. 174th Street N.W. can be extended to the West and they have no objection to providing a 100 foot diameter cul de sac. He has a future resubdivision plan with him tonight. He reported on a tour of the site this afternoon with Dennis Donovan, Park Board Chairman; Engineer Raatikka and Ben Deemer. They viewed the area proposed for park. Gerald 2irmmerman asked about draining of the run off water, will it go to the Brook ? Mr. Johnson repled that on a 2½ acre lot, drainage will not be a major problem since the land will be porous and able to absorb a lot of water and there should not be a lot of run off. Engineer Raatikka commented that there is a culvert that drains into Trott Brook and they will need to provide some calculations to show that this culvert will be adequate to handle the drainage. Ben Deemer suggested that the streets be realigned to line up with existing City streets. ~. Johnson replied that he feels indirect traffic flow is not a bad idea. People living in adjacent subdivisions appreciate this because it slows the traffic flow. In regard to the park dedication, he feels that the area shown on 'the proposed plat is suitable and will meet the ordinance requirement. He further stated that the terrain on the south side of Trott Brook has such steep topography that in some areas it would have to be bulldozed to make trails and people living adjacent to the trail would not want to have pedestrians wandering on their private land. He presented a professional planning landscape study which had previously been done for Carter Valley. This also indicated that the south side of the Brook is not useable for park purposes. He said they do not object to having an open space corridor on the south side of the Brook. Ben Deemer reported that after the visit to the site, the Park Board is still inclined to say that they would like the land both on the north and south sides of the Brook for the proposed trail system provided that the City Council will go on record that they will take the land to the east and west by condemnation to complete the trail system because it doesn't appear feasible that the land will be acquired through dedication in the future and if the Council does not want to consider condemnation of the land then the Park Board feels that no park land should be taken from Meadowbrook and that cash should be donated in lieu thereof. Ben also noted that the easement as shown is the worst place to put it. He said the piece of park land offered by the developer is the only place useable for a park. The property on the south side has a bank with a 60 % steep grade. Kathleen Schneider said she do~ not see a need for access on either side of the plat. Ben Deemer added that they would have to build a bridge to get access to the park and it would probably wash out each Spring. P&Z February 4, 1980 Page 2