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I <br />! <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated that he is trying to understand where the flaw is be <br />scenarios presented show that the formula works. <br /> <br />Mr. Pdeman replied that Connexus Energy constructed holding ponds at their °~i <br />turned them over to the City and now they are being charged again. <br /> ponds, <br />Councilmember Hendriksen replied that if the City is going to maintain the'~tddng <br />need funds to do so. <br /> <br />Mr. Rieman inquired as to when the charge will go away. <br />Mayor Gamec replied that people should not look for(~:~fee to g0"'~W~Y, because it will ali <br />depend on the situations that Occur. ,~:~:~i::?'41~:.~}~¢':.;~- :~!?i:..ii}}: <br />City Eng/neer Oison explained that currently the City anticip~'~ ~5~,000 per year and if they <br />get to the point where the mo~ney is not needed for storm sewer sY~e~then the fees would drop. <br />As development occurs, the $050,000 wi~ be distributed to more peoi~:~gi~'-~ ~ <br /> <br />Mr. Rieman inquired ~f the C~ty sham i 5[e the funds · <br /> <br /> city Engineer Olson replied th'a~She ci~as a five y~:i~i:~ ~ I4eeXplainca that the demand for <br /> storm sewer projects has been quite co~:~ilstent o~'~ last-*~'~~1 years and this fund is as <br /> highly speculative as any fund is. Mr. Ol.s,'o~ n0~"that anypge can track where ,the. funds are, <br /> going and any project that will be funded:-'b~;~i~ utility wotfid have to go through the normal <br /> <br /> Mr. Riem~:~ted that° wh~: ~busint~SeSni;~eq~'~;~ne achh°~d~endgaP~ened on their property and <br /> the wp, te~.;~:~9_t leaving, th~ ~i~Perty <br /> <br /> City <br /> qualify for the ~diff'~d method which'places an imaginary lot tine around me con <br /> ~._~:.¢i~?vious area. 2)'~'Rate of discharge credit. Any onsite feature that limits the amount of runoff <br />~i!~;---~-~i::~i~e br0perty can ;~Te~i..v.~e .~ ~9/o credit. 3) If there is a wet pond on site that serves to act as <br /> a qualitY:~cement pri3~6~di~charge into the system. <br /> Mayor Game¢~ted that the problem is that businesses are all of a sudden being confronted large bilti ~ut looking at the formula the fees are fair. <br /> 'Ni~::i:~ ~Mr. Rieman r~i'ied that the fee is just another tax and if the businesses can't absorb the.cost then '5~!/~t is passed:~n to the consumer. <br /> <br /> Co~n~ember Connolly noted that it would not be possible to add the fee onto the taxes <br /> with°'~t the County cooperation which is not likely. <br /> <br />-112- <br /> <br />City Council/October 10, 2000 <br /> Page 8 of 17 <br /> <br /> <br />