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Councilmember Specht asked if Connexus Energy would be able to verify this line or if there would be a City cost associated with finding out where the line is. City Planner McCann said he is not sure and he assumes the property owners would have to allow Connexus onto the site to verify that. Councilmember Specht asked if it would cost the City. City Planner McCann said no. Demetrious and Christine Jones, 7160 148th Lane NW, came forward and shared they were not aware of any kind of utility lines being in the egress area and stated there is only a small corner of the shed that is encroaching in the easement. Mr. Jones said that originally they were told it was only a five-foot easement before they bought the shed and the shed was purchased based on what they were told. Mr. Jones stated the City website stated to check with the City before purchasing a shed and he said he did call the City to find out what the easement was. Mrs. Jones added that initially there was supposed to be a road behind their yard, since then the City has built a storage facility behind them instead of the road and she does not understand why there would be a need for a 10-foot easement. Mrs. Jones reiterated that they did call the City before they put their pool in and there were no utility lines. Mrs. Jones shared she believed the City would have acted in the Joneses favor when they built the storage facility. Mrs. Jones added when she spoke to the City Planner, they were told it was a water issue and the Joneses have lived there for 23 years and there has never been a water issue. Mrs. Jones said the storage facility was allowed to put a six-foot berm 10 feet off their fence line which she believes would be more of a water issue than their shed would be. Mrs. Jones shared that if anyone was to come to their yard, they would see that the front yard is higher than the backyard. Mr. Jones asked if it was a drainage location as there are no sewers in that location. Mrs. Jones shared it is approximately 30 square feet of the shed that is encroaching. The Joneses discussed the options that the City gave them if they did have to move the shed and why these options were not feasible. Councilmember Musgrove asked the applicants who they called to spray for utility lines. Mrs. Jones said she called City Planner McCann. She shared they did not buy permits for other projects. She stated they wanted to put a sidewalk to their pool and their pool guy said since it was a permanent structure that they cannot do that but they can put in a patio. Mr. Jones added that they were quoted as a non-permanent structure. He commented that it does not state anywhere that flagstone is a permanent structure. Councilmember Musgrove asked who came out and sprayed for the utility lines. City Council / September 13, 2022 Page 9 of 18