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that the driveway was designed to direct the flow of water into the culvert and drainage ditch but <br />again that culvert was removed by the property owner after the road was paved. He stated that <br />the ditch was regraded to help direct water that flows down the driveway, as the culvert and <br />grading that was previously done is no longer directing water. <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby stated that staff believes that this property benefited from the Covenant <br />Meadows development in terms of reducing the amount of drainage entering the property. Staff <br />also believes it was very responsive to this resident during construction of the Covenant <br />Meadows development. Staff had many phone conversations with the property owner and met <br />with him onsite numerous times in attempt to address the numerous requests of the property <br />owner. He stated that overflow drainage from the north infiltration pond will be forced to flow <br />over the driveway as currently constructed as the culvert was removed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kuzma asked the distance of the easement from the edge of the road onto the <br />property. He asked and received confirmation that the culvert was within the City easement. He <br />asked the expense that was spent on the driveway improvements thus far. <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby stated that he is unsure because of the amount of City staff and staff from <br />the developer that has been spent on this issue. <br /> <br />Senior Engineering Inspector McDowall stated that he spent a considerable amount of time on <br />this topic attempting to find a resolution with the property owner. <br /> <br />Eric Thompson, developer for Covenant Meadows, stated that there was dialogue with he and the <br />property owner prior to the discussions with City staff which included providing fill to the <br />property at his request. He stated that Mr. Aberle is concerned with flooding and there have <br />been four engineers reviewing this issue and he is confident in their design abilities. He stated <br />that it is clear that there is less water draining to the property post-construction than there was <br />pre-construction. He stated that without the culvert the property is more susceptible to flooding. <br />He stated that he would be happy to purchase the two eight-inch culverts, which had been <br />evaluated in the past. He additionally offered additional materials to assist the property owner in <br />better grading his property to alleviate flooding concerns in the future. He acknowledged that it <br />is tough to address the flooding concerns and concerns with the trailer. <br /> <br />Mr. Aberle stated that he did bring up the base of the garage and never once had an issue with <br />water coming into the garage. He stated that the original culvert caused the wheels of his trailer <br />to come off the ground. He stated that he has never heard of eight-inch culverts prior to tonight. <br /> <br />Mr. Aberle stated that pre-construction there was a bit of standing water for a few days but that <br />was it. He noted that post-construction there is water standing in his garage during that spring <br />melt. He stated that without the culver there was discussion of graded ditches and hard surface <br />swales, which did not occur. He stated that he has hired an engineer and attorney. He stated that <br />following a storm event in September, there was seven inches of standing water in his yard. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kuzma asked if Mr. Aberle would be satisfied with the offer from the developer <br />regarding the two eight-inch culverts. <br />Public Works Committee / December 18, 2018 <br />Page 7 of 11 <br /> <br />