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has 65,000 square feet of building and driveway surface. Mr. VeVe was only thi~ng:0f,.
<br /> building and blacktop at 25,000 square feet, not knowing that the City counts drivewaYs~'6~en if ')'.
<br /> they are not blacktopped, as impervious ground. So Mr. VeVe measured everything::~d only
<br /> came up with 57,000 square feet. Then he realized that Mr. Olson aha not_corr~5[';,~e:.~ount,of
<br /> square footage a home owner is paying on. Mr. Olson stated 2,500 square t'eet~whefl it'i~-acmany
<br /> 10,890 square feet. Where did he get the 10,890 square feet. Paragrap~.:~Si.:n the paper:;~s~
<br /> "While homeowners wilI be paying $6.30 every three months, based 6fi~:::ime-quarter
<br /> imnervious ground for driveways and paths, business owners will be Payin~"~'~e for the
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<br /> " o he looked u in the dictionary the word acre , and ~t-smd amacre ~s equ ..~¢:,.~:,~ :~?.,-
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<br /> 43, 60 square feet. Then he deviated that by four (because th?~¢meown~[pays $6.30 based on
<br /> the ¼ of an acre). Mr. VeVe stated this time he would give~>'Council the facts instead of an
<br /> example to the best of his knowledge.' 1) A homeowner~i~a~~' of $6.30~':for a 3 month period is
<br /> based on ¼ acre of impervious ground or i0,890 squar6:fdet. 2) Ve-V~e:,~Snc...:;.~,__ has 57,000 square
<br /> feet of im ervious ound, not 65,000 as City Engi~r"':Olson indica-i~~:7~3) Buildings and
<br /> blacktop are impervious ground, dirt or gravel driveways are::g.o'tn'np~mus ~ground. The word
<br /> impervious is defined in the dictionary as land incapable ofbeifig'P~h!~{rated by a substance such
<br /> as water. 4) So if you do the basic math and divide Ve-Ve,':'~r~2:.-..57,000 square feet by a
<br /> homeowners I0,890 square feet it shows that they have 5.2 times the"~ervio.~.'f~ea. 5) $6.30
<br /> (what a homeowner pays on ¼ acre)~ 5.2_times (how much more ~;~i~e~:ve, Inc. has) =
<br /> $32.76. So if they have 5.2 t~mes the~area; w~yido,;they pay $185.98, ?~.fih ~s 29 tA rimes a
<br /> much. Bas. eft on the City's fonn~Uhi' the?are pa~i{hg$35.?5.pn the ¼ a~i'e~'that he homeowner is
<br /> paying $6..)0 for. So if the sit-d~itlon is handled in a fai~.~a~-all"the t~USinesses go on the formula
<br /> of a $6.30 charge per ¼ acre, the same ~unt a ,hOmeowner ¢~ay~ng and the.amount that the
<br /> Council has set up. The expected reven~e'~of $3:50;~000 wot/i~:;then not be that large. So the
<br /> Council can either raisethe amount per sqt/~-'~'fe~ they are ri~esting from the homeowner and
<br /> bring the businesses am6unt down to the sam.¢.":.~and equal the amount per square foot to achieve
<br /> the $350,000:rev~ue the CitY;states they neecO, iOr settle with the lesser amount they would get
<br /> if the busin~ paid the amo¢~ the Council is ~";~;/:~esting the homeowners to pay per square
<br /> foot. He-thanked the Coun~for their time an~nsideration on this matter. He stated that he
<br /> hopes:' 15~ Com~cilmembe~S can .search their~soiils and come upon a morally fair solution to this
<br /> matter. ~-.~ -: -- , - -,~. ....... .:,~,.:~.;
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<br /> ~,sT~i~'.Engineer Olson~replied that when an aerial map is used it is difficult to get an accurate
<br /> :?/:~ mea~sbr~'nent and that i~-why_, buSinesses are allowed to come in and view all of the figures.
<br /> Mr. VeVe stated that everYone can continue to argue the issue, but all the homes are grouped into
<br />}~i one catego, ~nd'yer all tli~'businesses are being looked at individually.
<br /> '-¢:(';= City Engineer 0tgon replied that he was correct and noted that it has taken almost six months for
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<br /> -~¢-'5: staff to researck:all the businesses·
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<br /> ~} VeV~.inquired as to how the City can determine that gravel ~s impervious.
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