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<br />, <br />.1 ~IS~ October 24, 1994 ~ (;rJ-1~ ~ <br />1'I,,\~n.'fI.\t; K\IlI.It:I:Jl~ File: 520-000-00 <br />1326 Energy Park Dr;", 1M~./ S#& <br />51. Paul, MN 55108 Mr. Dan Winkel "otl'" <br />612,644-4389 City of Arden Hills <br />1.800.888,2923 1450 West Highway 96 <br />F",,: 612'644-9446 Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112 <br /> RE: BETHEL COLLEGE <br /> SURFACE WATER MAINTENANCE FEE <br /> Dear Mr, Winkel: <br /> This letter is submitted as you requested at our meeting with Mr. Craig Hje1le on October <br /> 17, 1994. According to Mr. Hjelle, Bethel College has raised several concerns regarding <br /> the amount the City of Arden Hills has assessed their property for storm water <br />CIVIL ENG,NEE~!I':G management. The primary concerns were presented by Bethel College in their letter to the <br />ENVIRONMENTAL City dated September 27, 1994, and are outlined below: <br />. MUNI(lP4L <br />PLANNING 0 Street and highway right-of-way exemptions from SWM utility fees. <br />501IDWASiE 0 Lake surface exemptions from SWM utility fees. <br />STRUCTURAL 0 Property classified as institutional but assessed as Limited and General Industrial <br />SuRVEYING Business. <br />T~AFf!C 0 The amount of water retained within the Bethel College property, <br />:~ANS?C~:AIiC~, <br /> It was suggested by Mr. Hjelle that all of those issues warranted a reduction in the utility <br />-:~:(T~IC;'~ ,',lEC;,; _!..~,::::.:.c fee that Bethel has been asSP.SSed in the past two years, MSA has performed an evaluation <br />:~GiNEE~iNG of the storm water management issues within the Bethel College property to determine the <br />,;-<YA( validity of the issues presented above. Based upon our evaluation of the current ordinance <br />~OWER :S~;;iSL7:::'. and the situation presented by the Bethel College staff, we have arrived at the following <br />SCAD), conclusions and recommendations: <br />S'fSTEM CCV~S~; - <br /> 0 In regard to the street and highway right-of-way issue, the streets and roads within <br /> the Bethel College property are not public right-of-way; rather, they are dedicated <br /> easements which are comparable to driveway or parking areas and should therefore <br /> be included in the calculation of the SWM fee. <br /> 0 According to the SWM Utility Ordinance (City of Arden Hills Ordinance Number <br /> 93-15) Item 1.B.2, lakes designated as natural environment waters (which Valentine <br /> Lake is, according to Mr. Peter Leete of the Minnesota DNR) shall be exempt from <br /> all SWM fees. Therefore, the area of Bethel College property within Lake <br />OfFICESiN' Valentine (58 acres according to Bulletin Number 25, Inventory of Minnesota <br />. MINNEAPOliS <br /> Lakes) should no longer be assessed the SWM fee. <br />PRIOR lAKE <br />51. PAUl <br />WASECA <br /> ----------- <br />