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Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting Page Fourteen August 9, 1993 Mayor Linke stated that the water problem is a City-wide problem and so would the addition of this utility to the ad valorem taxes would then become a City-wide problem. Taxpayers would be paying taxes plus interest for twenty years. Peg Mountin stated that nothing gives her more heart burn than to know that she would have to pay taxes for something she did not contribute to or be a benefactor of. Ruth White, 2917 County Road I, stated that she is opposed to putting everything on the utility bill. This type of tax belongs on the property taxes. If on the property taxes, it can somewhat be controlled and monitored and the low income persons can get a break on their tax refund that can't be gotten with the utility. Ms. White also asked if this was a permanent item and, if so, it definitely belongs on the property taxes. Ms. White stated that this utility is a little deceptive as there already is $180,000 in the surface water fund. Mayor Linke stated that this is money put into the fund by the developers and that fund will only last for three years and will be • gone. Ms. White asked if this money will go into .the same fund. Mayor Linke explained that this is another source of revenue for that fund so the City can continue doing these projects and paying for them out of that fund . Ms. White stated that not everybody has a water problem. Ms. White stated that the lady who. spoke previously had a good idea when she stated that the persons with the problems should pay. Ms. White stated. that the City shouldn't pay for the entire area. Ms. White asked how the City knows how much runoff she produces and what kind of problem she has. Mayor Linke explained that there is a scientific guesstimate that is made that measures the amount of runoff on certain land uses. Linke stated that Ms. White's property and driveway is a little larger than his, but he will pay the same amount as she does for the utility. Ms. White stated that her runoff runs-into the lake and takes with it sand. Mayor Linke explained that the sand goes into the pipes that drain into the lake and that those pipes need to be cleaned as there is no weir to filter out the sediment. Ms. White stated that she is for putting the utility fee on the property taxes so a tax refund could be obtained.