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dedicated drainage and utility easement was' to encompass storm water and sewer pipes and accommodate ponding for development within Gateway North Industrial Park No. 5. Engineering staff has reviewed the ponding needs for the industrial park and is comfortable with a reduction in the existing easement. Engineering staff is comfortable with the revised drainage and utility easement configuration, since it still accommodates ponding needs and encompasses existing utilities. The revised final plat will allow the approved site plan to be constructed without interfering with an easement that will be utilized for ponding purposes. Mayor Gamec questioned if this approval should be made contingent upon the vacation of the easement acted on under Case No. 2. Assistant Connnunity Development Director Trudgeon responded in the affirrnative. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by: Councilmember Cook, to adopt Resolution #04- 09-265 approving the revised final plat for Basalt Office Park 2'~a Addition, contingent upon the vacation of the easement for drainage and utilitY easements on Lot 2, Block 1, Gateway North Industrial Park No. 5. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Cook, Elvig, Pearson, Strommen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #4: Report from Finance Committee 1) Amendment of the 2004 Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges Finance Officer Lund reviewed that the City of Ramsey's 2004 Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges was adopted by the City Council on November 25, 2003. Amendments to this schedule were taken at the City Council meetings of December 9, 2003, February 22, 2004, and August 10, 2004. Sewer and water trunk charges were amended at the August 10, 2004 City Council meeting to $1,800 per sewer connection and $2,325 per water connection which were the rates recommended by Bolton and Menk as part of their Comprehensive Sewer and Water Plan. After a devcloper came forward at the August 24, 2004 City Council meeting regarding the sharp increase in fees, time implementation, etc., Council chose to look at the amended fees and see if they should be gradually implemented. At a work session on September 7, 2004, Council made the recommendation that the sewer and water trunk charges be brought back to the Finance Committee re-amending the rates to present a gradual increase of 25 percent. Councihnember Elvig explained this CoUncil cannot require a future Council to increase the rates, and can only make a recommendation. The goal for the increase is known and they want to be sure to reach that goal. The thought of the Committee was to increase the fee at 25% at this time, then 75%, and then 100%. The concern of the Committee is if these dates are not pi~med down, people will not know the increases are coming again and there will be another issue at the time of the future increases. Finance Officer Lund advised this resolution would take effect tomorrow. City Council/September 13, 2004 Page 10 of 29