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Councilmember Howell thanked City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby for the detailed explanation of the case. Councilmember Heineman pointed out that he is very happy with this presentation and wanted to thank the residents who attended all of the meetings regarding the PACT Charter School expansion and bringing up good points about the roads. He also wanted to thank City Staff for doing a great job of outlining how a lot of these concerns would be addressed. He added that City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby did a great job of explaining how the roads would be suitable for carrying the weight, the funding for the roads, the minimal loss of trees, and the pedestrian route. He added that PACT had mentioned wanting to be a good neighbor and doing their part and outlining that PACT is not receiving subsidies but paying their way. He wanted to take this time to thank City Staff for incorporating a lot of the concerns that these projects have raised and he thinks this is a win for the area. Councilmember Musgrove also wanted to thank the City Staff. Motion by Councilmember Musgrove, seconded by Councilmember Specht, to Adopt Resolution #22-200 ordering plans and specifications for Improvement Project #23-01, 161st Avenue reconstruction. Further discussion: Jason Patrill, 16209 Sapphire Street NW, stated that he realizes the water concerns in adding the storm drains is a very good thing. He asked if there is a potential for the PACT property to be able to tie into the storm drain in any way or if this has been looked at or proposed to alleviate the concerns of the pollution going into the wetland. If so, he asked if the storm drain that was being put in could extend across Variolite and tie into the existing storm drain that would take the water into the federal floodplain that could handle it. City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby stated the current plan for PACT is to handle their own drainage on site and he has not had discussions with them concerning bringing any of their drainage across Variolite and using the existing drainage areas on the south side of 161st Avenue. He added that there is not a lot of elevation to work with those drain ways. He stated that this has not been looked at yet because the PACT site has provided drainage calculations and the number indicates that PACT is able to do all of their own storm water management on site. Acting Mayor Riley asked if there are stormwater runoffs but there are not really any storm sewers. City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby stated there are some storm sewers and concrete curb and gutter catch basins at low points and this will be ran to the ponding areas, so there is a small storm sewer, which drains the right of way as well as a portion of Central Park on the west end of 161st Avenue. Councilmember Woestehoff also thanked City Staff as someone drives this woad at least twice a day. City Council / August 23, 2022 Page 12 of 16