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262 not based on water consumption, suspecting the intent when established was based <br />263 on that stormwater never leaving the site, even if irrigating. <br />264 <br />265 Chair Cihacek reiterated his concern that there may be disparities for arate structure <br />266 in that specific category with other elements that came into that cost; and asked if <br />267 those properties paid more for their higher water usage or if they were receiving a <br />268 preferential rate structure for other utility fees for this type of use. <br />269 <br />270 Assistant Public Works Director Freihammer concurred that there typically wasn't <br />271 a lot of runoff on these properties, with most contained on site, resulting in lower <br />272 stormwater aspects and impacts, and not much runoff to roads. Mr. Freihammer <br />273 noted their sanitary sewer usage would be based on their actual demand, which <br />274 would be minimal since typically they only had one stub to their office building or <br />275 club house, similar to other commercial uses. <br />276 <br />277 Chair Cihacek noted typical park water use was three times higher than the <br />278 cemetery and golf course category. <br />279 <br />280 Finance Director Miller noted city -owned parks don't pay for utilities and advised <br />281 that that rate structure had been designed for private parks, even though there <br />282 currently were none; but stated he suspected at one point the City of Roseville <br />283 decided to adopt its rate structure accordingly. <br />284 <br />285 At the request of Chair Cihacek, Finance Director Miler clarified that Midland Hills <br />286 and Cedarholm Golf Courses both pay these rates. However, Mr. Miller advised <br />287 that the city did an internal charge for water to the golf course that was then <br />288 deducted from their operating revenues. However, Mr. Miller admitted Chair <br />289 Cihacek's question was fair for the city's engineering staff to review the <br />290 calculations that went into that initial rate structure; with Mr. Freihammer opining <br />291 the initial analysis was based on runoff calculations. <br />292 <br />293 Chair Cihacek opined that he found the rates too low comrade to the water usage <br />294 or what was known about the runoff, especially given the high fertilizer usage on <br />295 this type of property that obviously ended up running off into the citywide <br />296 stormwater system. <br />297 <br />298 Assistant Public Works Director Freihammer duly noted that input. <br />299 <br />300 Member Lenz noted that the single-family residential and duplex stormwater base <br />301 rate for 2017 was recommended at $12.95, no matter how big or small the <br />302 residence. Member Lenz expressed concern that this didn't take into account those <br />303 customers attempting to manage their stormwater runoff through any number of <br />304 best practice management projects (BMP) or through conscientious care to address <br />305 that runoff. <br />306 <br />Page 7 of 20 <br />