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YELM
WASHINGTON
City of Yelm
STAFF REPORT
To: Mayor Ron Harding
Yelm City Council
From: Brent Dille, City Attorney
Grant Beck, Community Development Director
Tim Peterson, Public Works Director
Date: November 24, 2009 (for November 24t" City Council Meeting)
Subj: Palisades West Subdivision Alteration
Recommendation
To leave the proposed subdivision alteration on the table to provide additional time for
the applicant to respond.
Background
At its regular meeting of Tuesday, November 11, 2009, the City Council tabled the
Palisades West subdivision alteration request.
The Council tabled the matter in part to review a verbal proposal by the applicant's
engineer at the meeting to obtain the required water pressure at the meter of Lot 15 by
using a small water storage tank.
The other reason for tabling action on the proposed subdivision alteration was to
prepare an agreement which, if the subdivision alteration is approved, would:
• Protect the City from all liability associated with approval of occupancy of the
home without providing required fire flows.
• Protect the City from all liability associated with future Department of Health
requirements should additional water system improvements be required to
provide adequate water pressure at the meter of Lot 15.
• Protect the City from all liability associated with sewer system improvements
required due to damage to the sewer system from operation of a STEP tank on
lot 15 without the required pressure sustaining valve, including claims against the
City by the homeowners for odors or damage to the internal home plumbing.
• Address potential future owners of the home on lot 15.
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Current Situation
Since the last meeting, the City on November 11 at 5:48 PM, received civil plans for the
installation of an individual booster pump station and sewer line filter pack.
On November 16t", the City's consulting engineer provided peer review comments to
the applicant's engineer.
On November 24, the applicant's engineer submitted revised plans and the City's
engineer has submitted this revision to the Washington State Department of Health for
approval.
The Washington State Department of Health has not completed its review as of today.
A draft release prepared by the City Attorney was provided the applicant's attorney for
review and comment on October 30t", but no comments have yet been received. The
City Attorney reminded the applicant's attorney on November 17t" that this matter was
still outstanding.
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