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Page 3 allocate to properties on high ground which drain their water down . stream. 6. Tax levy -reduction. -- The tax• levy'can be reduced by no longer funding- these activities -from the general funds supported by taxes. 7. Simple -- The approval by the city of another utility, .development of a charge system, explanation to the public, and an additional line on the utility bills is not complicated or unreasonably difficult. . 8. Flexible -- The .fee system .is very adaptable to meet local situations. . USES OF THE FUND As it was previously mentioned, the fund is not restricted in use except to the degree that the activities should relate to storm drainage. The decisions of how to use the funds collected are, therefore, primarily limited only by the needs of the community and its innovativeness. • typically uses such as administration, planning, and routine maintenance of , pipes, pumps, ponds, ditches,- vehicles, etc. would be expected in any plan. When rates are being established, these activities as a minimum- should be considered. Many cities that have established storm drainage utilities, however, have gone. Well beyond these uses. They include in their program such activities as. - street sweeping, leaf and grass collection, adding chemicals to purify lakes, weed cutting of lakes, erosion protection activities, educating citizens on the. affects of fertilizer, and other less obvious activities. Also included in many programs are the reconstruction costs of old deteriorated pipes or ditches., replacing or -enlarging undersized systems and expanding siltation ponds.. If appropirate and attainable, it would- be desirable to also include • the construction of new facilities to provide even better quality treatment to the runoff, reduce flooding or erosion, or simply serve, areas that as yet do not have a storm drainage system.