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Page Five April 28, 1986 COUNCIL MEETING ATTORNEY'S REPORT Water Deposits - Mr. Hawkins reported that he has checked into the ordinance regarding deposits on water service. For several years all water service customers have paid a $35.00 deposit which is meant to cover any delinquency of payments. The City Clerk has requested that collection of this $35.00 be discontinued due to the fact that this amount would only cover one quarter of delinquency and should delinquency occur, the City has the means to certify to the County delinquent accounts annually. The second question which needs to be addressed is whether or not the City is required to add interest to the $35.00 when the deposit is returned to the customer. Mr. Hawkins said that interest would need to be added at 6% a year. Mr. Bisel moved to eliminate the procedure of collecting the $35.00 deposit for water customers and also to deduct fromthe appropriate bills the deposit plus interest. Mr. Marier seconded the motion. Motion carried with Mayor Benson abstaining. ENGINEER'S REPORT County Ditch 22 - Several persons were in the audience with interest in this agenda item. Mr. Marier expressed his opinion that Rice Creek Watershed District appears to serve no purpose other than to collect their fees; in this ongoing problem, RCWD seems to be of the attitude "the City assess the parties involved and we'll tell you what to do ". Mr. Marier felt that if this is the only purpose that RCWD serves, our legislators should be aware of this and he would be willing to discuss the issue with legislators during his upcoming meeting to Washington. Mr. Kolstad and Mr. Weiss of 7770 4th Avenue expressed the problems the people are experiencing in this area and their opinion that RCWD has only caused this issue to continue without remedy. Mr. Toddie discussed options to attempt to correct the problems and said that a study to see if the cleaning of ditch 22 would work would cost about $700 and with the present flooding conditions, he was unsure when this study could begin. Persons in the audience expressed a concern that the Council does not appear to be taking action. Members of the Council explained that they have been working to get other levels of government to participate in order that the residents would not be required to bear the burden of cost involved. With the apparent lack of respon- sibility on the part of RCWD and Anoka County, the Council has realized that the problem will have to be handled by the City and assessed as such. Mr. Toddie was instructed to be prepared for the next Council meeting with figures for a project to move the water to the ditch, clean the ditch and distribution of assessments. The Council will take action at the next meeting to decide upon a course of action. 1 1 1