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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • January 27, 1998 Page 17 1 Marks explained the City does perform a periodic review of rates in conjunction with the budget 2 process. 3 Motion by Cavanaugh, second by Faust to approve the 2nd reading of Ordinance 1998-001, 4 relating to storm water facility rates, amending Section 625.01 of the 1993 St. Anthony Code of 5 Ordinances. 6 Marks noted that the charge on the ordinance should be listed as "per year". 7 8 Voting ori the motion: Cavanaugh, Faust, Marks, Thuesen voted aye. Ranallo voted nay. 9 Motion carried. 10 B. Ordinance 1998-002, re: Sump Pumps ( 2nd Reading). 11 Mornson explained that after further review of other suburban ordinances on sump pumps, he 12 would recommend the Council select the date of December 31, 1999 rather than January 1, 1999 13 as the compliance date for the sump pump ordinance. The rational is as follows: 14 1. The City will not know if it obtained funding from the Metropolitan Council until April. 2. The engineering firm the City selects to conduct the inspections will give the City a better 6 rate over the winter months -November, 1998 to March, 1999. 17 3. Many of the suburbs spent the first year promoting the ordinance via cable, newsletters, 18 etc. Many of the property owners would start complying immediately, which would 19 reduce the number of people at the neighborhood meetings. 20 4. If the City tries to get it done this spring, I feel it may be too much stress on the Staff with 21 the home buy-out program, grant program, and other programs that may be implemented. 22 Mayor Ranallo noted that in January one-fourth of the population is away from the City. He also 23 noted the proposed changes will increase the sewer rate because more water will be going 24 through the system. 25 Mornson stated that one item the City of Plymouth used to promote the ordinance was that 26 residents would save money on their sewer bill. The ordinance will also help with the flooding 27 issue. 28 Cavanaugh stated that more than two years was an extraordinary amount of time. He questioned 29 if WSB could help Staff with some items to relieve some of the stress. 30 Mornson noted that the original schedule proposed public hearings to begin in March. 550 31 property owners will need to be noticed per meeting, and there may be up to 4 or 5 hearings. 0 Faust noted the main reason for the delay is the educational process of the public. This would 33 help to ensure compliance.