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Mounds View City Council Page Eigh en Regular Meeting September 13 , 3 Councilmember Trude is opposed to the utility and wants to keep the funding on the property tax. Trude stated she has a problem with making churches and schools pay. Trude stated if the projects are dispersed throughout the City equally, then it is up to the people to decide how it should be funded. Trude is opposed to the churches and schools reducing her rates. If the cost is to benefit the whole city it should go on the property taxes. Trude stated there is a great deal of antagonism towards the proposed new utility fee. Trude stated if the projects are important and critical, then the items should be put into the budget now as part of the upkeep of our streets. _- _-- McCarty asked if the City were to go with the surface water utility charge how does the City propose to show benefit to the people. Jim Thomson, City Attorney, stated that the theory behind the surface water management utility is that the City doesn't have to show benefit. McCarty stated that is what is wrong with it, you tax people without showing benefit. Jim Thomson stated that there is a general benefit to the City for implementing the utility. Mayor Linke stated that the utility is a benefit to the City as a 411 whole. Trude stated that it would be a 6 percent increase from last year's amount of tax to fund all of these projects. Trude suggested perhaps these projects should funded from a combination of sources. Ruth White asked how the whole city would benefit from the Ardan Avenue project which seems to be a conflict of interest with one of our Councilmembers. Mayor Linkestatedthat- the-Council is looking g-at-the benefit to -the - community as a whole rather than a portion of it. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Wuori to Adopt Ordinance No. 529 , Scenario 2 , Establishing a Surface Water Utility and Amending Mounds View Municipal Code by Adding Chapter 73 Trude noticed on that scenario the churches pay a stiffer fee. Trude questioned if the businessmen have had an opportunity to express their viewpoints. Mayor Linke does not support Scenario #2 , because he feels Scenario #1 is treats all properties as though all soils are the same.