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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 18, 1991 PAGE 5 B. Creation of a Surface Water Management Utility Tom Prew provided a report on North St. Paul's Financing Storm Water Projects Using a Surface Water Management Utility. The City Attorney suggested looking at the VBWD watershed sub drainage district map which shows 10 distinct areas in Lake Elmo that have peculiar water problems and to deal with subwatershed districts in terms of taxing districts. The City has not formally adopted the VBWD Plan, but a drainage plan has to be adopted by 1992. The Council indicated it would be useful to have a calculation as to how much money this type of assessment would bring if applied to the entire city. In addition to a city-wide district the City should look at sub-watetshed utility or taxing districts. Hunt suggested scheduling workshops for the second and fourth Tuesdays to discuss items at length and come back with direction to our professionals. M/S/P Hunt/Dick Johnson - to schedule a Council workshop for Tuesday, July 9th, at 7:00 p.m. with the topic of workshop being surface water management utility and other items to be determined by the Council or staff. (fiction carried 5-0). C. Uniform Street Assessment Policy Tom Prew provided a renort on different ways to create a more uniform method of assessment for street overlays and construction. (See Tom Prew's letter to City June 12, 1991). Councilmen Mottaz and Hunt met with the residents on Legion Avenue regarding the assessment for an overlay. As a result of this meeting, they recommended that nothing be done, but investigate and make a. recommendation relating to situations where there is large expanses of property on a given street with a project designated for it and, the project cost is paid for by only a small number of property owners. In other communities they assume that everyone in community benefit to some degree by keeping roads in good repair and everyone should help pay a percentage of the cost based on useage. The Auditors have suggested the City develop a uniform assessment policy. The Council should discuss options and determine which is the best way to go. The consensus of the Council was to add "Uniform Street Assessment Policy" as a workshop topic. D. 33rd Street N. & Laverne Avenue, Old Village Drainage As directed by the City Council., Tom Prew looked into the feasibility of reconstructing 33rd Street North and Laverne Avenue without doing the recommended trunk drainage improvements.