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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 22, 2017 Page 10 community visioning document's goals and strategies. Ms. Purdu advised that the review was to review the questions and determine which remained measurable and useful for the City Council, staff, advisory commissions, by providing a snap- shot and currently under review by the Planning Commission. Ms. Purdu advised that those goals and those of the 2030 comprehensive plan update would be re- viewed and modified as appropriate, with additional information from community engagement efforts to-date to form the basis of the introduction chapter of the 2040 plan and then revisited in more detail in individual chapters of the plan. In terms of format, Councilmember McGehee opined that she found the 2030 plan as laid out with goals and policies, with plenty of detail to measure how to reach those goals, to be specific and readable. C. Consider 1681 Rice Street Non-Residential Stormwater Impact Fee Appeal As detailed in the RCA, Public Works Director Marc Culver reviewed the back- ground and objectives of this recently-adopted policy; and the difference in initial developer expectations and reality of the new policy as the per footage fees were addressed, and resulting in the appeal from the property owner. Discussion ensued between staff and council members on soil borings done to- date and removal of former underground fuel tanks; construction already begun on site and lack of interest in any infiltration device due to potentially contami- nated soils. Property Owner, Nabeel Abu Feddah and Representative Samir Mayyaleh (Roseville resident) Mr. Mayyaleh provided information on the amount of soil testing and boring samples to-date; number of truckloads of dirt removed; and costs paid by the property owner of this site, a community eyesore for twenty years. Mr. Mayyaleh addressed these additional unanticipated expenses, when they were expecting $15/cubic foot of required stormwater mitigation costs, and then to be informed about the $22.50 revised fee. On behalf of the property owner, Mr. Mayyaleh re- spectfully requested that the city leave it at the initial price. Discussion ensued between the property owner and his representative and council members including the land, demolition and permit costs paid to-date; assessment of the cost of stormwater impact fees no matter which fee is used given other out- of-pocket expenses above and beyond the construction loan; timeline of the pro- ject finish hopefully by the end of the summer of 2017; potential tenants to lease the facility beyond the Laundromat on one end; and anticipated improvements to the site as a strip mall from that originally proposed as another gas station. McGehee moved, Willmus seconded, APPROVAL of the appeal for a reduction of the non-residential stormwater mitigation fee to an amount of$25,605 as origi- nally estimated.