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p' MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 28,2002 7:00 o'clock p.m. (BOYER BUILDING CORPORATION, Continued) John Boyer commented that, although this was a complicated issue, he felt that essentially the 10 dry buildable acre runoff would be treated within the property itself and was asking for an adjustment to the SW&DT. Weinberger pointed out to Council Exhibit B, prepared by Mike Gaffron, which creates a scenario in which the City Council could establish a per-lot maximum fee for the 2-acre zone. This fee would be based on the projected 2-acre zone overall density of 1691 homes on 6811 acres or 1 home per 4.03 acres at full development. Under this scenario, the maximum SW&DT Fee of ($2,700 X 4.03 acres » $10,880) per single family lot would come into play for a rural subdivision that contains an extraordinary percentage of wetland. Boyer felt that it was disproportionate that properties that produce the most runoff pay the least amount of fees. He also questioned how the SW&DT fees would affect remodeling projects, since he, as a builder, has bid on work 6 mos. or one year down the road which would then need to build in these fees. Weinberger stated that the City has not collected fees for remodeling and merely tlirough the planning process have they been able to begin the process. Gappa pointed out that smaller lots have a bigger impact on stormwater, that ’s why the cost per acre was higher in that zoning district. Staffhad attempted to factor in the fact that smaller lots don’t have enough room to treat rutiolTand at S acre districts you can be allowed credits if stonnwatcr can be treated on site. White questioned where Boyer foresaw the per acre fee, the $2,100 - $2,600 acre range. As she viewed it. Mayor Peterson clarified that she believed that Boyer felt that in order to be comparable to other 2 acre zoning parcels, the total fee should be in the neighborhood of $8,000 versus the proposed $10,000. She asked staff for their comments. Gallron stated that, in general, it costs more per unit to serve our low density residential users with stormwater and sanitary sewer which includes grading, ditches, and other work that needs to be done than at higher densities. On an overall basis, that is why the higher cost per acre for higher density areas was created for the 2 acre zones, and 5 acre zones were offered certain reductions. If the applicant was wondering what sort of rationale the City could look at to make this more fair and equitable, he staled that it would not be the overall density, this is an unusual circumstance, based on dry buildable land of merely 10 acres versus the 40 acres of w etland. Gaflron acknow ledged that, certainly, the $135,000 SW&DT Fee did not make sense. Murphy asked what the rationale was for coming up with any of the dollar amounts for the SW&DT. Kellogg stated that the City had a single number base that w as chosen within the City to look at SW&DT. PAGE 8 of 20 dikilitt .. ------------------