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I Mr. Warhol - If the taxing districts are not established, how viII storm sever to the Industrial area be financed? I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Mr. Bartley - The areas benefitting would be defined and a..es.ed. Mr. Warhol - Who own. the land in the Industrial area? Mr. Goodrich - That land is privately owned. Mar,uerite Benke - 8062 154th Avenue NW - Nobody ha. .aid what specific dralnage problems there are in the district; 1 have only noticed flooding problems by Tom Thumb. The developer that built earth homes in that area should be responsible. If the city gave that developer the O.K., then the city is responsible. If the city is responsible, why is . .mall portion of the city paying for the city's mistakes. If the city had handled this problems correctly, we would not be baving these flooding problems. Tbe drainage from Whispering Pines runs north and don't see how we are affecting the people to the south. Mr. Hartley - I think the presumption is being made that there are problems. We are not proposing tonight that there are problems in one district or not; tbere may be. What we are proposing tonight for your consideration and your district, is bow do we go about providing storm sewer improvements if and when they are needed. Years ago, tbe decision to let developers develop that area may not have been an error. Tbe facts may have been entirely different at the time the decision was made to develop tbose areas. I don't know any of the facts at tbat time but I suspect the policy makers at tbat time made the decisions based on tbe best information at hand. Marguerite Henke - Refer to Mr. Hartley's comments about tbe Union doing the city a favor and publisbing tbe bearing on tbe front page. I don't think that was much of a favor. Ramsey bas really been getting a lot of front page publicity lately tbat is making it difficult to sell property in the city. We don't need front page beadlines tbat destroy property values. Joe Galindo - 15645 Traprock - I am not included in either of the proposed taxing districts. How many homes are affected by tbese districts and how many properties are having drainage problems? Mr. Hartley - I don't bave a count of people having water problems. What we are trying to decide is if tbere are water problems and if tbere are going to be improvements, how do we go about financing tbem. Joe Galindo - You're putting tbe cart before tbe horse. Mr. Hartley - The reason we are establishing a taxing district prior to the improvement is in order to be able to use this tool of financing. The law says tbat you bave to establish tbe district first and then propose the improvement. If we use special assessments, or some other means of financing, we would propose tbe improvement first. Joe Galindo - I don't tbink a storm sewer system is necessary until there are Apr i1 15, 1 986 Page 8 of 12 I I