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. 5 1 * he had been working with former City officials, Bob Sundland, Dave 2 Childs, as well as Larry Hamer on a plan to assess all City storm 3 users and to use the revenues for a lake saving project as well as 4 upgrading the City storm sewer system; 5 * Apache had not been a good neighbor, refusing to respond to the 6 problems their facility caused for the lake; 7 * he saw no benefit to any of the merchants from this project, 8 doubting very much whether many of the storage facility users would 9 be shopping at Apache; 10 * he couldn't understand when other cities like Roseville were 11 tearing .down huge areas to add more retail commercial, why St. 12 Anthony would be even considering replacing the commercial they 13 have with an industrial use. 14 Commissioner Wagner noted that the green space in question was quite a 15 bit higher than the rest of the parking lot and he thought it would be 16 quite a job to dig the site down to catch the runoff. 17 Mr. Burt indicated St. Anthony, New Brighton, and Columbia Heights had 18 requested funding for another pollution source study but the state had • 19 declined their request this year. The City Manager also pointed out 20 that the City' s share of state funding had been cut off in midstream by 21 $26, 000. 00 for this year so it had become necessary to look for some 22 other type of revenue enhancement. Storm sewer users fees are one of 23 those being looked at as a way of building up funds to replace 24 deteriorating infrastructure. However, there is little chance of 25 getting this into the budget before 1991. It would take some time for 26 the funds to accumulate for any of these projects. 27 Mr. Jones said that was one of the reasons the Silver Lake Homeowners 28 Association intended to go back to the Rice Creek Watershed District who 29 are able to impose levies on property owners whose runoff is impacting 30 the lake. The former Commissioner defended his claim that Apache was 31 responsible for 70% of the runoff and the major polluter of Silver Lake 32 by telling Commissioner Werenicz the bulk of runoff from Equinox is -- 33 contained on the site, according to Ramsey County researcher, Mr. 34 Noonan. 35 Ray Kahl of JVK Quality Homes, 2040 Tioga Boulevard, New Brighton, 36 identified himself as the agent who was currently marketing the small 37 shopping strip of Stinson Boulevard. He said the owner of the center 38 and its banker had been unable to be in attendance, but had requested he 39 represent their views. Mr. Kahl contended that the addition of a mini- 40 storage facility to the area would not contribute significantly to the 41 value of adjacent properties, but would rather be a detraction. He told 42 Commissioner Faust there were market studies to support his contention • 43 and he perceived the proposed use would be more appropriately located in 44 an industrially zoned district.