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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 23,2012 Page 19 Mayor Roe noted that, while all storm water fee payers in Roseville currently supported the GLWMO across the City and this may change that situation, the mechanism to do so becomes the issue. However, he noted that it became a big- ger issue if the City Council approved the proposed budget and funding and the member cities' ability to meet the requirements set out in this organization,. Mayor Roe noted that those discussions had been brought forward in our previous discussions and impacts to residents of Roseville or specifically just in this WMO. Mayor Roe opined that the way the system was set up for water management dis- tricts and organizations made sense and while there were concerns about losing local control,he was not as concerned about that potential. Councilmember McGehee expressed her favorable impression with the Third Generation Plan developed by the GLWMO; however, she opined that the financ- ing was not realistic in making the Plan work, and that for the preservation of the watershed, there needed to be a larger oversight and control organization. Coun- cilmember McGehee noted that this was a huge drainage area; and this action was not based on any failure on the part of the GLWMO Board or their proposed goals, but purely an effort to have a larger organization with taxing authority to implement the goals of the watershed. Mayor Roe thanked the GLWMO Board for their work. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Wilimus; Johnson; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. e. Adopt Ordinance Amending Title Seven, Section 703.04, to Exempt Publicly Owned and Operated Public Safety Facilities from Driveway Width Maxi- mum Regulations City Manager Malinen briefly summarized this request as detailed in the RCA dated January 23, 2012. Mr. Malinen noted that this became an apparent revision as the plans for the new fire station were being designed. At the request of Councilmember Wilimus, Fire Chief Tim O'Neill advised that all three (3) current fire stations exceeded the 36' curb cut and was recommended due to Code 3 responses from those stations. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Chief O'Neill advised that the City was currently working with Ramsey County on revising their maximum of 55' for a curb cut, advising that they were willing to make adjustments since this was a public safety facility. Councilmember Willmus referenced an issue raised by a citizen as to how a pub- lic safety facility was defined.