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-06- the storm drainage utility This pre a-plication would be much easier to fill out and ~i'd require a site inspection by the City Engineer to determine the size of the outlet st~t~..-',e' qualifies the property for a credit, The advantage of introducing a pre-applicafi6ff to the"? procedure is to possibly eliminate the need for the property owner to hire an eng~:~!~o perform the calculations that are required to receive a credit. Upon receipt of the the City Engineer would make a site inspection to determine if it is intuitivel~ii%wous wla~ther a cre&t should be received. If there ~s uncertainty whether or not the prop~/..~ould be ehgi~!e, for the cre&t that has been apphed for, then the property owner m._~:~e asl~iIo take the next:j{:~% step and make a formal apphcanon. The formal apphcanon cQ,ui~:,~..~.'~ .ujre ttie mgnature of a licensed professional engineer. Staff recommended the intro~h~;ti;¢,, o~':~;e-application.,~.,~ to the cre&t procedure to make ~t earner for a property owner,,~4apply for a credm They also ./.~e~}*~, recommended that this form ask whether or not the p.0~:~br stmc ~t~'.~. that would make the property eligible for the credit is completely owned anj~.intained by~operty owner· They further recommended that the formal application process ~ude the r~ent that a crt fled professional enganeer s~gn the formal cremt apphcat~on. ~~~ Councilmember Anderson inquired if a pond ~s' owned by more thaii.~Si~e~.~,~:person would they both not be able to receive a credit or. :y share the credit. City Engineer Olson replied that ter would be eligib.¢~f6~ a credit because if a property owner is unable to on their p~ifPerty, men ~t ~ecomes the City's responsibility Councilmember Anderson stated that if t the property, why not receive a City Engin, ~on that if the they a credit they then their Coui wetland not a co] to keep City Eng property, bt note~ Councilmemb~ the credit' an agree are two property owners. isfully containing the water on .maintained solely on their property then 5' have an agreement with the neighboring >e a problem. instances where that argument was made it was a pond and the of the credit is to give a person that has made the on their property a credit for that. are cases where regional ponds are servicing more than one are dedicated back to the City. inquired if a letter should be sent out to all business owners regarding and the retroactivity deadline. replied that the responsibility to apply for the credit needs to be left up to the I I I I I I I I City Council/December 19, 2000 Page 8 of 19 i I