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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 28, 2011 Page 16 were funded through storm utility fees, not part of City fees. Mr. Malinen noted that special state legislation had allowed the Vadnais Lakes Area WMO (VLAWMO) to establish their own fee on property taxes; while the Rice Creek WSD (RCWD) was listed as a separate ad valorem tax on property taxes for those in that watershed district. At the request of Councilmember Johnson, Mr. Schwartz advised that the GLWMO's presentation and discussion with the Shoreview City Council had been deferred to a meeting in early December due to the lateness of their presenta- tion at the Roseville City Council meeting last week. From staff's perspectives, Mr. Schwartz advised that Shoreview staff held similar viewpoints as those of Roseville staff, and as addressed by Roseville's City Attorney. Related to the GLWMO's proposed budget of $300,000 over the next three (3) years of implementation of the Third Generation Plan, Mr. Schwartz noted that member cities were being requested to provide $150,000 each; however, that budget did not include the proposed two (2) FTE staff positions, as well as im- plementing other significant portions of the Plan. Mr. Schwartz advised that staff of both member cities were of the opinion that there were remaining issues need- ing to be further analyzed since it required more of a partnership, in some areas up to 50%, from cities that were not currently included in the current budget request. Mr. Schwartz noted that the DRAFT Water Management Plan also provided areas of concern for member cities staff,based on their experience with other storm wa- ter projects, suggesting that implementation projections were significantly under- stated and serving to drive up costs even further at a future date. Mr. Schwartz opined that the City Council may want to consider, at a future date, the equity issue of an annual storm water utility fee and how to fund that compa- rable to funding of the RCWD and Capitol Region WSD within the confines of Roseville. If the City approved continuing with the GLWMO as currently struc- tured, Mr. Schwartz advised that staff would recommend resolving the equity is- sue by creating a surcharge on storm water utility fees for GLWMO properties, which would be approximately $25-$30 per residential partial for 2012 to meet the $150,000 budget request. Mr. Schwartz advised that staff was seeking more City Council direction on the future of the GLWMO. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Schwartz confirmed that staff's analysis was that, in the long-term, the cost for an Improved GLWMO would be similar to the cost of merging with another WSD and their per parcel annual taxing authority. Mr. Schwartz opined that other WSD's had staffing in place with significant pro- fessional areas of expertise; and at this point, he further opined that staff did not feel prudent in recommending creation of another organization similar to other WSD's when the GLWMO area is geographically small.