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ORONO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HELD JUNE 11, 1990 ZONING FILE #1502- HILBELINK CONTINUED • Hilbelink also informed Council that he had been on the property since the heavy rainfalls occurred. He said that there was no standing water on the lot. He questioned whether it was possible to provide for a 100 year storm. Mayor Grabek asked why the house plan submitted was not the actual plan that would be used to construct the house. Mr. Hilbelink replied that it will be necessary to downsize the plan shown, but that he was not asked to provide the City with the exact specifications. Planning Commission Representative Kelley informed Mayor Grabek that Planning Commission did not think it was appropriate to design the house for Mr. Hilbelink. He said that it appeared that the main issue was drainage. The Planning Commission provided Mr. Hilbelink with a building envelope and, conditioned the recommendation on drainage issues being resolved with the City Engineer. Councilmember Goetten stated that the drainage issues involving this property perhaps warrant that more than the building envelope be established. Goetten stated that she would like to see the building plans prior to approving the variances. She said that the City Code requires that there be no additional runoff created by the development of a piece of property. • Goetten asked Cook if he was assured that increased runoff would not occur. Cook replied that there would be no increase in runoff from a normal rainfall. However, if a 100 year rainfall should occur, Cook could not guarantee that runoff would not increase. . Mayor Grabek asked Cook what his recommendation is regarding the construction of a residence on this property. Cook said that constructing a'house in the location proposed would reduce the water storage area by approximately 200. Mabusth noted that storm sewers are constructed with 5 year storms in mind and often are not meant to handle 100 year storms. Mabusth stated that the issue here is how to direct the drainage that will occur due to the reduction in, the size of the water storage area. Mabusth said that the 'Jentiluccis are asking the City to solve the drainage problem and are willing to grant an easement over a portion of their property. Mabusth said that it may be necessary for grading changes to be made to prevent drainage from flowing onto Jentiluccis' property. Mr. Jentilucci suggested that the City might look at the option of lowering the rear property elevations extending over • - 7 -