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City Of AGENDA ITEM #6 <br /> Pequot <br /> Lakes <br /> REPORT TO <br /> CITY COUNCIL <br /> Date: December 9, 2008 <br /> Subject: Storm Water Management Utility <br /> Report: Stormwater Management Utility — By Tim Houle <br /> Prior to the Stormwater Management Utility, a portion of the City levy paid for <br /> stormwater improvements. The City levy is based on market value. Market value <br /> does not equate very well to the potential runoff from a property. <br /> The City asked if there was a more equitable way of charging for stormwater <br /> improvements. One way was to use a Stormwater Management Utility, where <br /> the fee paid for stormwater improvements around the City is based on the <br /> average stormwater runoff from similar parcels. <br /> We have met with staff a few times on attempts at expanding the current Utility <br /> from the City urban-type areas to the former Township rural-type areas. <br /> There have been many challenges in trying to take this Utility and create or <br /> adjust similar runoff categories and implementation policies to work both on <br /> urban-type parcels and on rural-type parcels. <br /> While there are probably ways to make it work in a rural-type setting, these kinds <br /> of utilities were really meant for urbanized areas that have water and sanitary <br /> sewer billing. Rural parcels are truly different than urban parcels, causing rate <br /> problems in determining equitable categories. Also, there is the cost and <br /> logistics of billing these rural parcels (not a huge additional cost for urban parcels <br /> when already billing for water and sanitary sewer). <br />