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BOOK WT 31 19�� 62 PAGE592 Considerable discussion took place on how to stop water runoff on the 50 -ft lots in Oslo Park, and Director Davis believed it could be done by channeling stormwater to the front or the back of the lot. Another alternative would be to install gutters and downspouts to channel roof runoff down into a small rock drain field if the soils are suitable. Where there is poor soil, however, there is the condition of a high wet season ground water table. Because the ground water table is perched and cannot penetrate the poor soil, a home builder would have to go to some structural means to pipe the stormwater runoff to a front or back swale; however, some of the older subdivisions with metes and bounds type parcels have no back lot easements. Director Davis felt that in some cases, we are between a rock and a hard spot, but in other instances, it can be done easily -- it is just a little more expensive. Commissioner Wodtke felt that while the proposed ordinance is a positive step, Section 25.S would give us more than we want. He suggested striking the first paragraph and rewording it so that it would give the flexibility for a joint swale between houses. However, if one neighbor is below A he level of the road, it would give staff the opportunity to come up with the best viable alternative under the circumstances for the management of that system. He did not know if we could have a set policy that would be so cut and dried that it would be applicable to every site. It could be that the final plan might have some negative effect on adjacent property, but it certainly would have less effect than some of the things that we are seeing presently. Mr. Galanis stressed that we are dealing with a complex situation, particularly down in Oslo Park. Commissioner Bird was concerned about how involved and how costly it would be for an individual home builder to 6