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Wendy Bottanberg - letter to city.dor Pagei <br />f <br />10/2A)2 <br />Orono City Council <br />CityofOrono <br />2750KeUeyPkwy <br />Orono. MN SS3S6 <br />Subject: storm water assessment at 3320 Water Town Rd. <br />Dear Mayor. CiQr Council and Staff. <br />Boyer Building Corporation is requesting a division of one S0*acre parcel of land into two <br />parcels. The two new home sites will consist of one site at approximately 6 acres of land <br />of which S acres are buildable and another site 44 acres in size of which 5 acres are <br />buildable. <br />It has come to our attention that due to a recent assessment, the lot split will trigger the <br />burden of storm water management fees assessed at $2700. per acre. For this SO acre <br />property that will amount to an unreasonable $135,000. This assessment over the 10 <br />buildable acres comes to $13,500 per buildable acre and $67,500 per home site! With the <br />40 acres of surrounding wetlands on this site it is unlikely that this property will ever <br />need municipal storm water systems. <br />As a developer, I understand the importance of a storm water management system to the <br />community and I agree the communiQr should burden the cost of such a system. I think it <br />makes sense though, that the costs need to be relative to the use. Fm hoping that given <br />the high percentage of wetland on this site, these assessments can be linked to the zoned <br />density of the site and the number of units proposed. <br />Our propetty is in a RR-IB zone of one unit for eveiy 2 acres. Would an assessment of 2 <br />units at 2 acres each be more fair and applicable to this situation? The resulting fee of <br />$5400 per site is at least somewhat manageable and comparable with the costs applied to <br />sites of like zoning but no wetland acreage. <br />Respectfully, <br />John Boyer <br />New home division <br />Boyer Building Corporation <br />cc:David Truax of Burnet Realty