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Motion carr/ed. Voting Yes: Councilmember Zimmerman, and Councilmember Hend~i~m. Voting No: None City Eng-ineer Jankowski explained that Parcel #7 is owned by Lowell Vasseur:. ~ough the parcel is necessary for the roadway is listed on the plans as 3.899 acres o~'iP~af~'ent and temporary easements, the City is acquiring the entire 40.59-acre parcel sin~5:~:~vast m~)~ty of this 45-acre parcel is wetland. The ori~nal appraisal was modified and a'3e~ged offer of was made to Mr. Vasseur. Staff is waiting a response from Mr. Vasseur. ~-a~e[ #4 is a taking of the Donald Volkman property., This taking has been apP~!~ and ;ff~red for sale $54,200. Mr; Mike Schroeder, the City s land acquisition cons~fii~t, ~i:b. een in contact with the Vo___ll__c~,_,_an s who have indicated that they do not wanj: }~ i~:~oceed t6'~ondemnation. The Volkman s were in the process of obtaining an indepen~fitili~iopraisal.,.}p....confu-m the validity Case #6: Consider Grant APplication to Pre;'~'z~e Lg'a~l:Wate~:~P}~ City Engineer Jankowski stated that in the 2000 budget the Cit~':'~:allocated $10,000 for the preparation of a Local Storm Water Plan. The Committee was pf~'hted a~.~er from Judy Sventek of Metropolitan Council, W.N~ila. klgw~s for up to $20,000 in ~afC~"fUnds for local water resources management pI~?:~._:-; il[t.:i}~'anti~pate~..that at least som~',.iS~'~e elements of the local water will be priority item~ 5~teff~Ms. S'~'~'nt~k'!-s'letter., Motion by Councilmember HendrikS~:, secq~d'~?- by ¢6im~lmember Zimmerman, to reoomm nd that City Council authorize for a assist in the preparation of the City s local w~t~!;Tnanggement plan. ~:4(!:}ii:.~~:~' '~ Motion car~...': _ed~.:-~'Voting yes::., CouncilmemB~r.,ig~erman, and Councilmember Hendr/ksen. on lmplementation: of Storm Drainage Utility City Engineer Ot§0~.'~'itated that on NSvember 23, 1999, the City Council introduced an .~--.':!;::~:°'~i)immce creating 'a"~'tbrm drainage utility. The utility was adopted on January 11, 2000, and ~5-¢iTi~!:i':::'~'ii2'ti'~lPa~&l t~o be comPi'~.~"iand._..,:~plemented on the April 2000 utility bills. The purpose of this case waS~*~6'i}~,ovide an o:~e~~ of the tasks that still need to be completed for implementation to occur. ~:Tkmportant:::.e!~ent of the implementation of a storm drainage utility is public acceptance an~'~curacy ~':f the charge that it is introduced to the utility bills. The next available opportunity to!;i~& the storm drainage utility charges implemented onto the electric bills with Connexus is J~ 1, 2000. Since the amount required annually has been previously estimated at ,$350,000, the"'delay of the implementation process for one more quarter will mean the decrease '~:~:i~:£ approxi~a{~iy $87,500 in revenue for this fund for the fiscal year of 2000. Although th/s is a S~bstant!a! a~mount of money, staff recommended the delay of implementation for one quarter to resOlVe!the issues and provide all of the residents and businesses of the City of Ramsey the most eq.u_i, table storm drainage utility as practical. -18- Public Works Committee/June 20, 2000 Page 6 of 7