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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Mr. Bartley - Special a..ea.ment. .ay be a con.ideration Council want. to look at but it baa drawback.. Special a..e..ment. i. typically defined by a Imaller territory and a..ea.ed on an area ba.i.. A .ide benefit of taxing di.trict. i. that if you itemize your income taxe., the .torm .ever tax i. deductible; .pecial a..e..ment. are not. Mr. Goodricb - We can only a.sume .torm .ever. financed with taxing district. i. tax deductible; there is a possibility tbi. i. not true. Mr. Raatikka - If these districts are established, bow will projects be initiated and will citizens bave a .ay in whether or not the improvements are made? Mr. Bartley - As a citizen or resident, you would have a say in whetber the improvements were conducted or not. The procedure is that the City would identify the problem; propose a solution (building storm drainage system); Council conducts a public bearing to inform the public of the proposed improvement and costs and receive comments. Mr. Goodrich - What improvements are being planned for tbe two districts? Mr. Hartley - We do have some feasibility studies completed but the topic we are talking about tonight is tbe question of how we want to finance storm sewer improvements. If these taxing districts are established, we will come to the City Council and the public with recommended improvements to deal with problems. Mr. Goodrich - Are you planning to drain swamps? Mr. Bartley - No; ponds and swamps are protected by DNR. They will be drained to a normal level but not dry. Mr. Raatikka - If Council adopts this ordinance establishing districts, do the opposing citizens have any recourse? Mr. Bartley - Any city ordinance is local law and there is recourse. Five people can initiate a petition representing 10% of the registered voters at the last city-wide election to require the ordinance be put to a vote of the entire community. Mr. Goodrich - Who will pay for maintenance on the improvement? Mr. Bartley - Who will pay the maitenance costs has not been determined yet but the law enabling the establishment of the taxing districts says you can construct, reconstruct or maintain storm sewer systems using the taxing powers of the district. I I I I Dale Winch - Reside in Champlin but my father and I own property in Ramsey between Bwy. 10 and the railroad tracks. My parcel has drainage problems but not concerned with that right now because I have spent thousands adding fill to the property. Don't see how anybody can make a judgement as to what type of financing method they want with the information we have tonight. Building a storm sewer system, project by project, could take 5-15 years. We could be April 15, 1986 Page 4 of 12