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Ken Griffin, City Engineer
Steve Goram, Director of Public Works
Rey Gonzales, Street Superintendent
Chad Beach, Tax Assessor
Beth Drouin, Billing Coordinator
Taryon Bowman, Planning & Zoning Coordinator
Bruce Stockard, Legal Counselor
Gary Sieb, Director of Planning & Community Services
Pete Smith, City Attorney
Michael A. Martin, Graduate Engineer
Storm Water Utility Meeting//2
October 22, 1993
The following items were discussed at the October 19, 1993 meeting:
1) Legal Counselor, Bruce Stockard, suggested that the storm water utility ordinance
and storm water utility fee be passed as one ordinance. Also he said he would verify
if renters of residential property could be charged the drainage fee or does the owner
need to be billed.
2) The storm water utility ordinance should be taken to Council either in June or July
of 1994.
3) The committee agreed that the public hearings should be held in February or Mar. ch
of 1994.
4) Beth Drouin stated that there would not be a problem adding the storm water utility
charge to the water bill as long as enough time is given to order new forms. Water
billing forms are usually ordered a year in advanced.
5) The owners of strip shopping centers would be billed according to the total acres of
the shopping center.
6) The owners of mobile home parks would be charged according to the number of
trailers times the individual residential drainage fee.
7) The committee agreed that we should require new commercial development to
provide the amount of impervious acres on site plans. A clear definition of
impervious acres should be defined in the ordinance.
8) Bruce stated that churches could not be legally exempted from the charge because
the Storm Water Act does not mention churches in the exempt classification.
9) There was discussion regarding the distribution of funds generated from the storm
water utility fee. It may be advisable to designate an administrator to determine how
the collected funds would be distributed.
10) Public Works said they would provide a cost schedule for the maintenance of
existing drainage systems and channels at the next meeting.
The next storm water utility meeting is scheduled to be in December. A memo will
be sent out when a date has been set. At the next meeting our goals will be to
determine the proposed rates for both residential and commercial properties. Also we
will prq2oare the first draft of the storm water utility ordinance. If you have any
questions or comments about the meetings please contact me.