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Page 8 Exclusions and. Charges -- 'Due .to-,the fact that' the system basically • . was .to reflect -increases An storm•water flows caused by development, it .was decided that- vacant property would not be charged. This simplified the collection system because utility bills for sanitary. sewer and water service are already being sent to the developed. parcels, but not to the vacant parcels. It also reflected the fact that the ,general populace would .•think it was unfair to charge them for rainfall occurring on undeveloped natural land. A second major exception was made in the removal of all public road rights-of-way from the fee system. The reasoning for this decision was that most of the rights-of-way were owned by the city itself, and to pay those fees would have simply meant raising property taxes. This would have been counter-production. It would also have meant establishing collections from-state highway and county governments. _This was viewed as • politically sensitive. This was particularly true since Roseville's storm drainage utility -was the first ever done in the State of Minnesota, and it was desired that it be as uncontroversial as possible. / 4. Runoff Evaluation Technicue -- The SCSS System for determining runoff was selected.- This system was chosen because it was felt to be fair, well accepted nationally, and most importantly; because of its flexibility in being able to establish a fee system which would be in keeping with the needs and desires of Roseville. 5. Select Locally 'appropriate Rainfall and Pro. r= Level -- Several alternatives were run in an effort to establish the best rainfall to use with the SCSS System. It had been concluded by the staff that a system which minimized the charge affects on the single-family, residential property owners would be the most desirable. It was also desirable that the charge system be capable of providing enough fees to offset the costs of the maintenance, planning, replacements and J