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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 8, 2016 Page 14 Councilmember Willmus stated his support of some of the underlying thought provided in this draft policy, but further stated he didn't know if he had enough information on the particulars and consequences regarding application of fees or setting rates. Therefore, at this point, Councilmember Willmus stated he would not feel comfortable moving forward with this policy; and was in agreement with Councilmembers Etten and McGehee's concerns. If those concerns could be ad- dressed and resolved, Councilmember Willmus stated that may provide him with more insight to move forward, but not at this point. Councilmember McGehee seconded the remarks of Councilmember Etten related to fees, especially with a front-end fixed fee given recent and frequent significant rainfall events. Mayor Roe clarified that the fees would be included in the city's annual fee schedule for annual review, or even mare frequently if determined necessary and at the City Council's discretion. Mayor Roe further clarified that staff was rec- ommending that the fees be calculated on the cubic foot of stormwater mitigation required, depending on each specific property — whether residential or commer- cial. From his understanding, Mayor Roe noted staff's perspective was that this could serve as an alternative for a residential homeowner versus their installation and construction, along ongoing maintenance costs for a raingarden. Specific to impervious coverage calculations, Mayor Roe noted the city set a standard to minimize impervious surface, but if someone was unable to stay under that limit, they would experience a cost to exceed that maximum amount. How- ever, Mayor Roe noted there was also a cost to install a BMP and have it recerti- fied every five years if that was the option they chose rather than this option. Mayor Roe noted that, either way, stormwater would still be mitigated either on- site or through a more regional site, making some sense to the initial logic. Mayor Roe noted the design standard would remain the same for City BMP's un- der this proposed policy as with any others; and stated that standard could always be changed because of perceptions that heavier and mare intense rainfalls are oc- curring. Mayor Roe noted it may make sense to have that discussion at a later point, but he wasn't sure the fee option was the appropriate place or way to do so. Mayor Roe noted Attachment A, Sections 1, 2 and 3 addressing older residential properties versus commercial and new residential properties, which he found con- fusing. Mayor Roe sought clarification if Section 2 applied to all projects or only certain ones, and suggested staff further clarify and refine the policy language on that point, Councilmember Laliberte suggested having a conversation and developing a poli- cy specific to commercial properties first, since residential properties were more complicated.