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Mayor Gamec replied that it is a fee that is being paid to the City. ' · avis stated that it isa Uestion of fairness None of the water that he~tes'c~~''~t° Councilmember Hend~ksen r~ptied that the Public Works Co~itt~E/fa~ewed~'ih~ layout of Davis's ro en ~d the water is not contained entirely on.~S./~roP~,and if he were to construct holding ponds he would receive a si~ficant reduc~n:' . ~-.~,:;:; ,~ Mr. Davis stated ~at he was told bythe Public Works_C6~ee.. ~ . to c~ct_: a pond to handle, a 100 ye~ rain hll even though there is already a we~a~d'0~ prope~7~H~Tf~lt that he has not seen fairness in ~s process. -*,,,- ........ .. Councilmember Zi~e~an replied that the Cle~ Water Act r~es that there be a holdNg pond before any run-off discharges to ~e wetl~d. '~2' ~''' Todd Cook, 17359 Puma S~eet, R~}"'}{i{~77~hat he agees with the. Ch'~ because ~ey are collecting ~nds ~om the people 7Whd~7~oduce':{h~':2~'~'.mnoff. He e~xPi'ained that runoff has become almost a polluter ~:i{'has t~¢-¢e h~dled l~ef:a.:p~}Itm~?'¢tt is no different ~ if a business were to have a smoke stack. I~:¢usiness ~'::geing'{~6ia {~:~t he would have to pay the same for pollution as being dispersed by ~SP tha{'~;uld be.~4fai';. It does not seem hir that if someone has a property, valued at $300,0OO"-~fi-:} half ~ a~ would have to pay an Ncrease amount because'hal hai~'a N'gher m~ket vald~:::;5If a business can prove ~at they are not making ~ impact ~' ~'e~ can re'duce the fee by 50'~&e~)If there is a fiat t~ee percent t~ increase to all resi&~{~' ~d busine~i~s it does not g~k~i";'who is producing the most runoff. He ' ':" for"~g~'?City to meet ~e st~d~ds-that are put on by exptaine~ ~at it is costing more and more · e state:' -If thebus~ness~' don-~ 't.~ant to p~7~e base ch~ge then ~ey need to prove that they ~e nor creatih~ '~e probre~:~:~i~'~iT~6Od be something under ~e table if it was a flat t~. _-.:~'"l~: VeVe, Ve-Vd'N'Co¢orated, stated that ~e average house has less than 2,500 squ~e feet '&:~.~'%'-~'N:S-bu~ding ha 2~;~00 sq~e feet. %e house is paying $6.00 and he is paying 36 times that. All ~e'business are M~g. lk to be treated hkly. Bemerd VeVd'77kNted tha}-~. Hend~sen made ~e cogent that he does not underst~d why people are upset;:but if he were to put himself in their position he would probably be upset to. Councilmemb~Hendhksen replied that he ~ought it w~ an equitable situation. B~merd. VeVe stated that they opened ~eir bill ~om Co~exus and there was a large fee on ~s elec~c'bill. One of the largest maintenance costs will be the ditches in the residentiaI areas where-septic systems bac~ng up ~d yet the CiW is going to put the burden on businesses with I, I I I I I I'i I I' I I I -84- City Council/September 26, 2000 Page 28 of 36