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Mr. Peterson replied that he feels that there are some inequities and that he does not believi~'~at all business are being assessed equitably. calculation was made on all non-residential prope~ies:U~g'the s~e ~. Olson replied eat a ~??, ~. Peterson stated that as p~ of Ce plamng process and developmen~:~f'~eir,.~_ ..... build~g~'~Y, had to meet c~ain requirements which included the h~dling of sto~' ,~ate~?~Co~exus has invested $250,000 to $o00,000 in dong so ~d now the .C~'~is'sahng~:~m to pay additional $10,000 per ye~. :~ Ci~ Engineer Olson replied that he realizes ~at Co~ex~"spent a la of money fo a store sewer system, but all of &e hcilities that were ~eated. b~iQ6~exus Mg~3een mined over to ~e Ciw for ma~tenance. ":~;~:' ~:;~i~5;~,,. ~. Peterson replied that that was co~ect, but stated that th~-~'.5}~5~ be willing to cle~ me ponds to save ~e $10,000 per ye~. ' ~s_ CiW En~neer Olson replied ~at if cb~e~,.wanted to t~e over ~e maNt~ance of the ponds and receive Ce credit from the C~they cout'd:dotha, ~. Peterson stated that ~e W~i&rshed-D}s}ficts have_~e::0bli~fiofi~o clean coun~ &tches and for ~at re,on questioned why the Cl, ~'.}~ollect~;'m~ney' i~:~the work fo~ ~em. - Ci~ En~neer J~ows~ stated that ~e CO~.C~eek Waterihed Distr/ct h~ taken over some Coun~ ditches ~ th~ar~_~d have a~eeff)~¢.clean them, but no~ng simil~ has happened Ce Ci, of ~ms~y. He '~xPlained that the ~ or'Kinsey h~ a ~O (Water M~agement ~ganizati6d): ~at is ~nded~contfibutions o~'e)~0:~r cities ~at m~e up ~e ~O. ~. Peters0:~_~ted that ~;ie:~e.different rgt?-~for different water management districts. CiW A~omey G°odhch' rep lied that ~at was not comect. .,::~(?;'::~i~:E~eer J~ows~i:'~xpla~ that the a=ual budget for the ~O is $20,000. ~. Peterson'smted that he:isffamili~ with water shed dis~cts and they usually assess for special Councilmemb~ ~derson replied that the Water Shed Dis~cts and ~O ~e legally a different body. -'. Counci~em~er Hendfiksen reviewed the content of the ~O explaimg that the intent of the ~O ik to leave the majohu of the projects to the individual cities. I ! i I I I I I I I I I I I I I -78- City Council/September 26, 2000 Page 22 of 36