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MEMORANDUM
Item #4.3.
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Mayor & City Council
Klaers, City Adn~rator
Pat
October 27, 1997
SUBJECT: Heritage Landing I and II Drainage
Issues
Per Council direction on October 27, 1997, a meeting was held between the
developers (and their engineers) of Heritage Landing I and II, homeowners in
this area, and city staff regarding drainage and easement issues where the
Heritage Landing I and II subdivisions meet. At this meeting point of the
two additions, there is a 20 foot drainage easement except for one lot where
the easement document recorded by the developer was not valid. A potential
drainage problem exists during the spring thaw runoff and during periods of
heavy rains or flash floods. The problem is that water could back up from the
drainage swale or ditch into some of the homes that are built in the Heritage
Landing I subdivision. The engineers for the developer are going to look at
possible solutions to the potential drainage problem. The options will be
discussed at a follow up meeting on Tuesday, November 4, 1997, at 10 a.m. at
City Hall.
Everyone understands the importance of arriving upon an acceptable solution
in the near future so that it can be implemented before winter. The city will
assist the implementation of a solution, but has no plans to spend public
funds on resolving this developer driven situation. To some degree the city
has already spent public funds to help reduce possible drainage problems by
not assessing any costs to the developers or homeowners on the east side of
Joplin Street for the 1997 storm drainage and street improvement project.
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