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• 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 • 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 • 45 46 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APPROVED DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES JANUARY 4, 2006 : January 4, 2006 . 5:35 p.m. . 10:10 p.m. : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell, Reinert, and Mayor Bergeson : Stoltz Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski (part); Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia (part); Community Development Coordinator, Mary Alice Divine (part); and City Planner, Jeff Smyser (part); and City Clerk, Julianne Bartell STORM WATER UTILITY Community Development Director Grochala advised incorporated into the Pavement Management Policies, adopted by the City Council in 2005, was the provision to pursue the establishment of a Storm Water Utility. The intent of the Storm Utility is to create a dedicated funding source for storm water related components of the street reconstruction program. The utility can also be used to fund water quality improvement projects and to maintain compliance with mandatory programs such as the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) programs. Community Development Director Grochala stated Short, Elliot, Hedrickson (SEH), Inc., has submitted a proposal to complete the feasibility study not to exceed a cost of $18,000. The report will review the basis behind a Storm Water Utility and its advantages, review of existing storm water utility rates in communities of similar size and propose a utility system methodology and rate structure to meet the City's anticipated storm water program costs. In addition to the written report, the proposal also includes two Public Education/Awareness meetings as well as preparation of an information brochure. Community Development Director Grochala stated SEH has an extensive background in working with municipalities to create storm water utilities. Additionally, one of the key components of developing the utility is the use of the City's existing Geographic Information System (GIS) data. SEH has worked extensively with the City's data and this familiarity will stream line the evaluation process and result in a cost savings for the City. Mr. Ron Leaf, SEH, reviewed the process for the project noting the key elements of a storm water utility feasibility study. He stated SEH has done many of these studies and is very familiar with them. 1