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City Engineer Westby confirmed that discussion was held with the developer but there was a <br /> much higher cost, about $25,000 or $30,000 more to do that and therefore the developer was not <br /> interested in pursuing that approach. <br /> Councilmember Menth stated that this is drainage for a development and asked why the City <br /> would be paying this cost rather than the developer. <br /> City Engineer Westby stated that this development had approvals in place before the current <br /> developer came in and therefore this was not a standard approval process. He explained that if <br /> the new developer was required to complete this work the project would not have been viable. <br /> Councilmember Menth stated that this work would be associated with the housing project and <br /> therefore was unsure why a financial element would be a part of this consideration. <br /> City Engineer Westby explained that regulations changed between the time the original <br /> approvals were gained by the first developer and this last phase that is being completed by a new <br /> developer. He stated that this is an additional cost that was not anticipated by the previous <br /> developer because of the changed condition. He noted that people are living in that area and the <br /> infrastructure is decaying, therefore it would make sense to attempt to facilitate this project <br /> moving forward based on the changed condition. <br /> City Administrator Ulrich asked if the developer would have been able to build under the <br /> previous standards or whether the builder would need to meet existing approvals. <br /> City Engineer Westby explained that the previous approvals were grandfathered in and therefore <br /> staff believes that it is the right thing to do the work as the City, as the developer is not bound to <br /> complete that work to meet the current stormwater standards. <br /> City Administrator Ulrich stated that this action will help the City protect its groundwater <br /> management area and that is why the action is proposed. <br /> Councilmember Menth stated that this work will have a cost of about $80,000 or $90,000 to <br /> complete this work. He asked if the cost to fill in would be $20,000. <br /> City Engineer Westby explained that filling in the ponds would have an additional cost of <br /> $20,000 to $30,000 above the $80,000. <br /> Councilmember Menth asked the ongoing maintenance cost and whether it would make more <br /> sense to pay that additional amount now to fill in the area and forgo the ongoing maintenance of <br /> a pond. <br /> City Engineer Westby recognized that there would be maintenance costs for either option. He <br /> confirmed that there would be costs down the road to maintain a pond. <br /> City Council/September 24,2019 <br /> Page 11 of 14 <br />