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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP APRIL 29, 1992 3 <br />Prew: What I hear the Council say any house whether it sits <br />on 1/4 acre lot or a 20 acre lot will pay the same. If it <br />is classified agricultural, you have the house and buildings <br />charged one and the extra acreage charged at the 10 or 20 <br />cents per acre. <br />Mottaz: It seems that we are going out of our way to <br />protect the poor farmer, which is all well and good, I think <br />we want to encourage agricultural. I think 20 cents an acre <br />is ridiculous. <br />Dick Johnson: What about a flat fee of $10 which covers the <br />building and 20 cents an acre for everything over and above <br />three acres for both categories, residential and farms. <br />Mayor Johnson and Councilman Williams were willing to go <br />along with this proposed formula. <br />Fills. asked Prew to explain the correlation between the <br />runoff number and the fees proposed. <br />The runoff index (CN) is used in the revenue equation <br />according to how many inches of runoff you get under a 2- <br />year storm. Comparing the amount of runoff per acre. <br />Mayor Johnson asked Tom Prew to work on the categories and <br />( where they would fit in order to group the properties for <br />the ordinance. (Such as classification no. 1 would be <br />residential/agricultural, classification no. 2 would be <br />residential) <br />Councilman Williams proposed that Tom Prew come back to the <br />Council with a table which lists a number of classifications <br />and the property class code that go into each of those <br />classifications. <br />At a previous meeting the Council set up a public hearing <br />for May 12th. The Council postponed any further action on <br />the Storm Water Utility until Tom Prew brings the requested <br />table to the Council. <br />Filla: We should include more language in the purpose. <br />Definition of the current land use related to the property <br />class code. <br />Prew asked if they would like <br />He proposed yearly because of <br />asked if they could start the <br />the fund. <br />to assess quarterly or yearly. <br />the small amount. The Council <br />billing this year to build-up <br />Councilman Williams indicated he would not be in favor of <br />restricting the funds at this time to ditch cleaning, etc. <br />