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City Council Minutes May 6, 2008 Page 2 of 9 COUNCIL MEMBER NAGEL SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 4. Open Forum No one appeared for open forum. 5.1 . Storm Water management Fee — Public Information Meeting City Clerk Sandy Peine reviewed the staff report. She indicated that the purpose of the public informational forum was to inform the public about the implementation of a storm water management fee on all property in the City. She noted that property owners in the City of Pequot Lakes have been paying a storm water management fee since 1998. Those property owners in the old Sibley Township have never been charged a storm water management fee. She indicated that the Council has been discussing the issue of implementing this fee City-wide since January, 2006. Tim Houle, City Engineer, explained that a City can pay for storm water management improvements by using the general fund, special assessments, or by a utility charge which is authorized by State Statute and noted that in this case the Council has opted to implement a utility charge. Tim explained the method used to calculate the charges. He noted that per the Council's request, a light commercial category has been added. Mr. Houle noted that the City has put together a rough list of capital improvements needs relating to storm water with estimated costs which shows the need for the charge. Mayor Malecha questioned if there were any questions from the public. There were no questions from the public. COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 08- 05, SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO STORM WATER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER NAGEL SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. COUNCIL MEMBER ORASKOVICH MOVED TO AUTHORIZE A SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE 08-05, SECOND SERIES, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO STORM WATER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD MOTION CARRIED 4-0