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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 1, 2006 APPROVED 2 Mayor Bergeson called for a short break at 9:55 p.m. 3 4 Mayor Bergeson reconvened the meeting at 10:12 p.m. 5 6 STORM WATER UTILITY UPDATE 7 8 Community Development Director Grochala stated on January 9, 2006 the City Council 9 authorized the preparation of a Storm Water Utility Feasibility Study. Short, Elliott, 10 Hendrickson Inc., (SEH) has completed a draft of the study for Council review. 11 12 Mr. Andy Lamberson, SEH, came forward and provided a power point presentation 13 relating to the draft Storm Water Utility Feasibility Study that was recently completed. 14 He noted creating a storm water utility is one tool used to fund storm water related costs. 15 16 Mr. Lamberson reviewed the principles and benefits of a storm water utility noting 17 charges are based on the amount of run off generated. The charges are proposed to be 18 based on storm water costs. 19 20 Mr. Lamberson also reviewed a proposed project time line indicating community 21 awareness is key in the process. 22 • 23 This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, May 8, 2006, 6:30 p.m. 24 25 CHARTER COMMISSION CORRESPONDENCE 26 27 City Clerk Bartell referred to a letter from the chairperson of the Charter Commission 28 requesting an extension of 90 days in order to study the options regarding the process for 29 adopting the proposed charter amendment. The letter also requested an opinion from the 30 City Attorney regarding whether an amendment agreed upon by the Council and the 31 Charter Commission may be ratified without presentation on the ballot. 32 33 City Clerk Bartell reviewed the letter from the City Attorney regarding this issue. The 34 Council should have a recommendation from the Charter Commission after their July 13 35 meeting. 36 37 Mr. Bob Bening, Charter Commission Member, came forward and expressed concern that 38 the voters may not be able to vote on the proposed amendment. He stated he believes it is 39 important enough to be on the ballot. He asked if the amendment could still be placed on 40 the ballot if the City Council votes it down. 41 42 The Council directed staff to obtain an opinion regarding this issue from the City 43 Attorney. The Council also expressed their desire for the Charter Commission to 44 expedite their recommendation so the proposed amendment could be on this year's ballot, • 45 if the Council so chooses.