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Mounds View City Council December 6, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 10 properties. He stated this would exclude low and medium density residential, which Staff 1 recommends be assigned the utility on a per unit basis, or fraction thereof. 2 3 Public Works Director Lee stated the methodology with which Staff recommends this could be 4 achieved is that storm water runoff be converted into a Residential Equivalent Factor (REF). He 5 indicated an REF is the amount of storm water runoff a standard single-family lot with a house, 6 driveway, and other impervious areas generates. He explained that what this means is that the 7 runoff for all properties, excluding low and medium density residential properties, would be 8 calculated and a Residential Equivalent Factor assigned to it and the property be charged a storm 9 water utility charge based on the number of REF’s it had. He stated Single Family home 10 properties would be assigned one REF and other low density residential properties could be 11 assigned a fraction of an REF. 12 13 Public Works Director Lee advised that earlier this year the City Council approved Resolution 14 No. 6280 approving a Temporary Data Entry Position. He stated this person was hired and has 15 been updating the City’s Commercial Parcel Database as well as collecting the necessary data to 16 allow for storm water runoff calculations to be conducted for every commercial and high density 17 site within the City. He indicated as an additional benefit, commercial site and construction 18 plans have been re-organized and categorized. He stated this work is nearly complete, and has 19 been a great success. He added that once completed, Staff could present a detailed proposal. He 20 indicated Staff is looking for direction to keep working on this project, and if approved will come 21 back to the Council with a complete proposal which would include an ordinance change. 22 23 The Council provided consensus that Staff should continue working on this proposal. 24 25 Council Member Quick asked with this in mind if the residents’ contribution would be affected if 26 they re-graded their yard and created a rain garden. 27 28 Public Works Director Lee indicated that could be included in the proposal, and is a good idea. 29 30 Council Member Stigney asked how you would qualify these homes. 31 32 Public Works Director Lee stated the homeowner would have to submit a plan to the City, and it 33 would probably be done in conjunction with street projects, so the City could work with residents 34 to develop a plan. 35 36 D. Budget Discussion 37 1. General Fund 38 2. Special Revenue Funds 39 3. Capital Projects Funds 40 4. Enterprise Funds 41 42 Finance Director Hansen indicated this was back on the agenda to update a few changes Staff has 43 made. He stated a few of the changes are based on having a more complete year of data versus 44