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A special meeting of the Re~psey City (b~cLl was held on Tuesday, September 17, 1985 at the Ramsey Municipel ~enter, 15153 No, then Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, ~b~r. ~esent: Mm]or Gary Heitman (b~cilme~ber A1 ~r~rg ~c~~r ~e ~x. Director of Technical Services Clayton Berg City Engineer Peter Raatikka Reporter Angela Flint Mayor Beit~an called the special (b~cil meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. and led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. CITIZEN INPUT Mrs. Peterson - 7351 151st Avenue - Stated that ~e is having excessive water drainage probl~s at her home and inquired as to what the City is going to do about it. Stated that t~o years ago the City put in drains to relieve a problem on 152nd and now her area is flooding. Stated she is in favor of a permanent solution, storm sewers, and being assessed for it. Mayor Heitman stated that Mrs. Peterson can initiate a petition requesting the installation of storm sewer; the City will then conduct a feasibility study; a public hearing would be called and all affected residents would be notified; if a majority of the affected properties agree to a drainage syst~ and being assessed for it, the syste~ will be installed. ~his p~ooess takes time, there are Charter require~ents that have to be followed; construction would probably not begin ~t_{] the spring of 1986. Mrs. Peterson inquired as to how long it will be before sewer and water come to her area. Mr. Berg replied that sewer and water is not projected for the area in which Mrs. Peterson lives. Mr. Berg stated that what Mrs. Peterson is seeing is the actual gro~d~ater level; millions of gallons of water would have to be pu~ped from the area in order to begin to alleviate the problem. Kris Bancroft - 7431 151st Avenue - Stated she has a pu~p at her ~ p~ping 12 gallons every 20 seconds and the water vac consumes 10 gallons every 30 September 17, 1985 ~ge 3 of 11