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Page 13 from the current. system, why a storm drainage system was needed, and ., how the money would ultimately be spent. The council then publicly considered the new storm drainage utility. It was unanimously passed with almost no opposition. Additional news releases were sent out to inform the citizens that the city had changed its method of paying -for storm drainage, and a second flier was sent to all property owners advising them of what had taken place and'how this would affect them. When the first fee was added on their normal utility bills, an additional letter explaining the change was also included. 10. Implementation --Meetings were held with the city's private utility billing service, and a new form and system developed for the storm drainage utility. Careful and thorough explanation of the new system was given to city employees--particularly those who had to deal with the public or work with this new utility. It was felt that it was very important that the employees understand the system and feel that this was a fair and reasonable approach. City engineering staff and personnel used the existing utility billing land identification system to identify each parcel and measured the land area of each of the non-single family parcels involved from land identification maps. Using the standard fee system per acre for this particular zone, the consultant's computer then calculated the actual fee for each parcel.- RESULTS TO DATE The -City of Roseville began collecting storm drainage utility on April 1 , 1984. It might be noted that since that time three additional suburban communities have followed Roseville's approach and approved storm drainage utilities as well. Although in each case the utilities have a different fee, this is felt to be reasonable and expected, because in each case a different level of • program was adopted, different community needs existed , and different financial Systems were desired.