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adopted a resolution establishing the credits available for the stomq drainage utility. 10, 2000 a public hearing was held to discuss the rates and charges for the storm and on November 14, 2000, the City reaffirmed the storm drainage utility rates and successfully implement a storm drainage utility, the utility must be considered The City Council has taken a large step in making this utility equitable by that is based on the amount of impervious surface on each site rather charge on land use. Many utilities throughout the Twin Cities that ~een' st implementing storm drainage utilities have established a credit ~cal and developments for being responsible for their storm draina up to a 25 percent credit for the rate of runoff from their site credit for those properties that provide a water quality the rum order to qualify for these credits, the property owner for City with the justification for each credit. Issues that at thc Council meeting that related to the credit system method; Retroactivity of approved units; Allowing calculation of credits for parcels that have a completed draina~ created to differentiate between the properties that had large areas those that are much more y storm drainage utility charge for $25,688 per year. The year. This is consistent with most of the 236 acres of the credits that are available for the storm modified method the property must e~ ~ed. For example, und off course on 15Yd the C is drainage util bill On OCtSB~r es. To ~',>~ ,le. [ethod 'rEsolution offers [ditional 25 percent from their site. In and provide the 14, 2000 City for the modified ,ercent; and City modified method was mt area and the ,bid have been ~rge of $1,683 per ed vacant property as that established the be considered for the in and be leSs than 15 percent impervious. In the modified acres and percen two and would parcels be affect~ ,y this change Bar.) the lot criteria to would be additional decreasirig the lot size from 20 acres to 10 from 15 percent to 20 percent, there would be in revenue by $1,772/year. (The qew Song Church and Diamond's Sports 'es and increasing the impervious percentage there would only be two more parcels that a total decrease in. revenue of $2,760/year. (The be affected this change would be Northern Counties Secretarial -~~es and t. City staff recommended changing the resolution establishing ~'j,~,~: '~ ~,~.~-~' Xc~.~ .... · ' ~~~[~j:~vailable fo~i~o~dramage utflxV credits to five acres =d 25 percent xmpe~m~s }'~ ' ~ ~ ~ o~er th~ residential 1~ er than five acres that ~s criteria. ~ would allS~: prope~, ' ' , g develo~ed i~tensivel~residential pr0pe~ the oppo~i, to apply for ~s credit. ~e issue o~ retro~i, mu~e looked at from tow different ~pects. ~e existing ordin~ce ~d resolution do ~: allow rewoactivi~ since staff doesn't believe that when someone m~es ~~~a lication~, app fo~redit,..~ ~o ye~ from now the credit should be retroactive.to ~e implmentation of the chug ~.;.~,,:m~aff does believe, howev~, ~at in t~s i~tial implementation, ph~e of the..sto~ inage ~} they should be re~oactive since the prope~ o~ers d~d not have ~e N~ follOW'edit prior to the ch~ge being inwoduced onto their bill. Discussion was held at ~e No~[r 21, 2000 Public Wor~ Co=l~ee reg~dlng the lS8~5 of retroact~wty. 'the consensus o~*~o~ittee was that staff should write ~ ~icle in the Ramsey Resident and publicize that -94- City Council/December 19, 2000 Page 6 of 19 I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I