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<br /> <.'.. ... ,; ~.:,]J;. <br /> '. <br /> - ii <br /> . 1 <br /> 2 1 <br /> I <br /> . Executive summary <br /> The storm water utility fund is flexible for the needs of <br /> each community. The main function of this utility is to finance <br /> the maintenance and reconstruction of the existing storm sewer <br /> system. Assessments for additions to the system will still <br /> exist. This maintains a constant city policy in which all <br /> benefitted properties pay once for their system. <br /> The fees are based on the actual amount of run-off being <br /> contributed by each land use zone. The fund requires an <br /> estimated $145,000 per year to pay for its intended uses. The <br /> quarterly rates are given in the following table. <br /> Classification Land Use Quarterly Rates <br /> 1 Cemeteries, golf courses $ 1.74/acre <br /> 2 Parks $ 5.22/acre <br /> , <br /> 3 Single family and duplex $ 2.32/lot <br /> residential <br /> 4 Schools, community center $ 8.71/acre <br /> . 5 Multiple family $17. 41/acre <br /> residential, churches, <br /> governmental buildings I <br /> , <br /> 6 Commercial, industrial, $34.82/acre <br /> r warehouse <br /> . <br /> I $ O.OO/acre <br /> J. 7 Unimproved vacant <br /> ; <br /> i <br /> Charge reductions may be obtained by property owners if they <br /> can show that their property has less development than the <br /> typical amount determined for each land use zone. Reductions may <br /> < also be given for those properties that have facilities which <br /> increase water quality and/or decrease the rate of flow of run- <br /> , off into the system. <br /> i Roseville was the first community to implement this utility <br /> ~. in the Minneapolis/st. Paul area. They started this fund in <br /> 1984, and since have met with little citizen objection. Since <br /> ! 1984, twelve municipalities have decided to use the storm water <br /> ;,. utility approach to storm drainage. See Appendix C for a table <br /> listing the storm drainage rates for seven of the area <br /> If communities. " <br /> , Most of the response about the storm water utility fund was <br /> .' <br /> ~.. positive. The utility fund was viewed as being fair, simple, and <br /> ". the correct approach to storm water drainage. If this is the <br /> answer to storm drainage, New Brighton has the chance to ease the '; <br /> -, pain of reassessing the cost of an aging storm sewer system to <br /> those taxpayers which have already paid for their storm sewer ; <br /> benefits. I <br /> ! <br /> :1 <br /> ,) <br /> I <br /> " <br />