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Commission forwards Valvoline Demingway stormwater maintenance agreement to council and approves fees pending staff sign-off
Summary
The commission approved a fees-in-lieu payment for the Valvoline car‑care site at 2209 Demingway, contingent on staff approval of the stormwater plan, and voted to send the site maintenance agreement to the common council for final approval. Commissioners requested current flood-elevation data be included for informational purposes.
The Middleton Water Resources Commission voted to approve a fees‑in‑lieu payment for the proposed Valvoline car‑care site at 2209 Demingway and to forward the site’s stormwater maintenance agreement to the common council for final action.
At a regular meeting, a commissioner moved to approve the fees‑in‑lieu in the amount cited in the packet — $1,472.40 — "pending staff approval of the site stormwater management plan," and the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. The commission then voted to refer the stormwater maintenance agreement for council approval.
Bruce Holler, the project engineer who joined the meeting, told commissioners the site cannot meet infiltration goals on site because of soils and that Confluence Pond is being used for rate control in the watershed. Holler said the site meets total suspended solids requirements and that county and MSA reviews have verified the stormwater calculations. "It meets all EPA standards and the industry," Holler said when asked about waste‑oil containment.
Commissioners pressed for clarity about which parcels are served by Confluence Pond, the accuracy of cumulative impervious calculations in the packet, and whether the first‑floor elevations shown use current FEMA maps or draft updated mapping. Staff and consultants said the packet used the current FEMA 100‑year elevations in the file but that updated local flood elevations from EOR are available and were requested to be shared with applicants for informational purposes.
The commission also discussed landscape plans and asked that bioretention and native plantings along the Greenway buffer be considered; project engineers said bio‑beds are planned and that landscape updates are straightforward to add to plan sets.
What happens next
The fees‑in‑lieu payment is conditioned on staff sign‑off of the final stormwater management plan. The maintenance agreement will go to the common council for final approval. Staff was asked to provide the applicant with the EOR‑calculated flood elevations for information and to retain MSA and county review memos in the project record.
