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imniTBS OP ns PLuntiHG cCiiassiOH hbbtihg march 20, 1989 <br />SORIHG PILE #1326-<IAT*ATA COOMTHT CLUB COniBUBD <br />%»ritten confirmation from the Wayzata Country Club indicating <br />their support for Mr. Lauer's proposal. Gaffron replied that he <br />had not received such a letter. Kelley stated that he would have <br />a hard time going forward without that information and remind. <br />Mr. Lauer that providing that information was a regulrement. <br />Planning Commissioner Bellows stated thnt Mr. Lauer had not <br />provided an adequate site and drainage plan. She -aid that what <br />little Information she had received, had been ccropiled by staff. <br />Mr. Lauer explained that he was merely trying to buy this <br />property from the Wayzata Country Club and was not ready to build <br />on it at this time. Therefore, he did not have specific grading <br />and drainage plans since there was no specific house plan. <br />Bellows told him that he could focus on the basic grading issues <br />without needing a full scale architectural plan. <br />Mr. Brooke Nelson, 141 Chevy Chase Drive, presented a letter <br />from Mr. Leo Hauser. He also expressed his own concerns <br />regarding drainage from the property Mr. Lauer is purchasing. He <br />encouraged the Planning Commission and the City Staff to visit <br />the Chevy Chase properties during times of peak runoff. Mr. <br />Nelson explained the drainage pattern that occurred when he first <br />bought his property. He said that he dug a small trench along <br />the side of his house to facilitate the drainage to the street. <br />However, since that time, the road was raised and the lot in <br />front of his house was filled in and graded. A culvert was <br />installed, incorrectly in his opinion, under his driveway and <br />consequently his driveway is sinking. He said that any <br />from Mr. Lauer's would aggravate that situation. Kelley asked <br />his opinion of the retention pond being Installed for the <br />purposes of slowing runoff? Mr. Nelson said that he would be in <br />favor of the pond if it works. He questioned where the liability <br />would lie if it did not work. Kelley believed that any recourse <br />ifould have to come from the property owner, not the City of <br />Orono. <br />Mr. Albert Greig, 137 Chevy Chase Drive, informed the <br />Planning Commission of his understanding of the current drainage <br />pattern. He said that there was once a 14' pile of dirt on the <br />lot across from his house and Mr. Nelson. It was finally graded, <br />but was left in such a way that it is higher than the road. As a <br />result, water that once ran into that area, now cannot. It was <br />his opinion that the hardcover on Mr. Lauer's property, once it <br />is developed, will cause water to runoff of that property rather <br />than soaking into the ground. He said that the current runoff is <br />such that it runs in a stream that is 10' to 12' wide ana ^ <br />deep, and runs for three or four days. He reiterated Mr. <br />Nelson's request to have persons from the City witness this <br />runoff first hand. Mr. Greig also stated that the water table in <br />that area was high and added to the problem. He was concerned <br />the retention pond raising the water table even higher. <br />Chairman Kelley informed Mr. Nelson and Mr. Greig that Mr. <br />X,0uer was not responsible for solving their existing drainage