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Fee rate There arc approximately 3.000 existing homes in Orono today with full development projected at about 3.700 homes. There arc currently about 350 RtF units of non-residenlial property in the City. This number of units is not projected to increase significantly at full development because of the minor amount of non-residential property in Orono. Today, there arc is a total of approximately 3.350 RF.F units for billing purposes. The Council discussed this issue at the October 22"^ meeting and established a fee of $9.00 per quarter per residential unit. Attached to this report is a listing of the non-residential properties in the City with their number of REF units. The owners of property with five or more units were sent a letter notifying them of the public hearing. A sample letter is attached for review. Staff has not received any public comments regarding the proposed Storm Water Utility. Storm Water Projects The proposed $9.00 quarterly fee will generate approximately $120,000 in annual revenue. The Storm Water Management Plan lists approximately $11 million dollars of storm water projects for both water quality and quantity improvements. These arc the larger projects in the City. Attached for your review is a list of $1.2 million dollars in Priority Capital Improvement Projects from the Storm Water Management Plan. In addition to the project listed in the plan, there are also numerous smaller projects that need to be completed. These smaller projects arc generally located in the older fully developed areas of the City and adjacent to the lakeshore. These projects arc needed to solve local flooding problems and prevent property damage to homes. Several problem areas include. Crystal Bay Road. Highwood Road, and Lyric Avenue. The Highwcod Road pn>ject is the result of a failing older draintile system that is an integral component of the required storm water drainage system in this area. There are numerous situations like this in the City with older draintile sy stems across private properties that arc in questionable or unknown condition, fhese systems were installed years ago. by private property owners, w ith no easements in place or any records of construction The costs for replacement or repair of these systems arc unknown. As the trend of tearing down existing houses and rebuilding larger homes along the lakeshore accelerates, we have been e.xperiencing more complaints and concerns about flooding and increased runoff. A typical example of this is the recent problems encountered along Caroline Avenue as the result new larger homes being built. Sct eral years ago. the City spent $60,000 for a project to prevent flooding problems in the Tonkaview Lane/ North Shore Drive area caused by vacant lots being developed. Rccommendatioiis 1. Conduct a public hearing on the implementation of a Storm Water Drainage Utility. 2. Approval of the ordinance establishlitg a Storm Water Drainage Utility effective lanuary 1. 2002. 3. Approval of a $9.00 per quarter per residential unit Storm Water Drainage Utility Fee to be included in the year 2002 City Fee Schedule. J