HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000047_pg103April 24, 1978 Page 6
Achen replied that there was no part of the City that would not be served by some
part of the improvements from Project 1978 -1.
Mr. Thornton stated that he felt it would be very expensive to take an individual
lot and hold water on it, and asked how the water could be held on site. Administrator
Achen replied that a developer was considered to be anyone developing more than two
single family lots and that it would be up to the City Engineer to decide how to best
hold water since every site was different, but that basically a hole would have to be
scooped out and the water drained to it.
Mayor Pickar pointed out that the resolution addresses the overall problem and that
the next item on the agenda would address the financial end of it.
A rollcall vote was taken on the motion to adopt Resolution #892:
Councilmember Ziebarth - aye
Councilmember Baumgartner - aye
Councilmember Rowley - aye
Mayor Pickar - aye
STORM DRAINAGE DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS - STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FUND ORDINANCE AND
RESOLUTION
4 ayes
Mayor Pickar explained that the City has come up with a potential method of financing
the storm water fund. Administrator Achen read the Chapter 25 proposal and resolution
and explained that a developer or anyone applying for a building permit would be
assessed based on the formula the City has worked out. Administrator Achen presented
the formula and explained how it had been determined. He also explained that in
essence, the assessment would increase the cost of each new home.
Mayor Pickar stated that understandably the assessment would create a hardship for
each type of development but that the storm water fund would be a method of financing
the project.
Jerry Linke, 2319 Knoll Drive asked how an addition to a home would be evaluated.
Administrator Achen replied that it would be the difference between the existing
total runoff and the new runoff resulting from the addition. He added that if the
addition to the house amounted to 500 square feet of roof rather than grass that the
calculation would be based on that.
Mr. Linke asked if each addition would be evaluated separately. Administrator Achen
replied that they would and that if the surface is already taken up, basically no
charge would be made.
Mr. Beim pointed out that the City already has a water problem and has had a study
made. He stated that the assessment would cost him $165,000 yet the people who had
lived in the City for a long time would not be charged anything. He added that he
would not be creating any problem since he would be building his own holding pond.
Administrator Achen replied that the charge would be applied for each building permit
applied for and that the charge levied would be applied against any further special
assessments for a storm sewer trunk system improvement.
Mr. Beim questioned what would happen if no storm sewer system was put in. Administrator
Achen replied that they must assume that at some time in the future they would be