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0 MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, October 28, 2002 7:00 o'clock p.m. (BOYER BUILDING CORPORATION; Continued) Gappa explained that this number was based on the average of 10 typical properties within the City, taking the total cost of the stormwater improvements and dividing that by the acres, thereby using the 2 -acre district as the base, factoring up and_ down from there. Murphy asked staff whether they felt comfortable that, when they arrived at these numbers, they were fair and equitable and they could live with them. Kellogg confirmed Murphy's statement. Murphy stated that he was glad to hear that the $2,700 figure was not an arbitrary number, that staff had used a valid equation to determine the fee, and Gaffron was able to reach a reasonable conclusion that supports the $10,000 fee. White asked the applicant if this scenario was similar in other communities. Boyer indicated that he had not been faced with this issue before and was not clear whether other communities assessed this fee or not. He felt it was examined on a per site basis and in most instances, the developer creates their own retention or stormwater pond whereby the concern is moot. Mayor Peterson asked staff if they could foresee other developments this could affect. Gaffron stated that the Dahlstrom parcel could be affected, as would other sites in the future. Dave Tuax, resident, stated that, in other municipalities, if you are trying to relate this to the installation costs of sanitary sewer, they often use a linear foot of roadside as a.yardstick. Kellogg commented that, in his opinion, the earlier statement that compares the park dedication fees to stormwater trunk fees, was like comparing apples to oranges. Park Dedication fees are based on the number of users that are going to impact the park, whereas, the stormwater trunk fee cannot be based on the per unit fee because there are many issues that are not being addressed when you develop a natural area. Since there will be runoff into -the natural wetland area, what is going to happen downstream from this development, the natural wetland is going to change once this site develops, and Kellogg didn't believe it fair to base the fee on a per unit basis, and instead he suggested it continue to be reviewed on an area basis. Based on the table supplied by Gaffron, Mayor Peterson pointed out that the SW &DT fees would be paid for by new development. Murphy clarified that, it seemed to him, the formula revolves around the City being able to reasonably account for all the costs of moving stormwater and drainage from all of Orono, 40 through the City, and to the lake. He pointed out that this formula is based merely on a proportionate share of that total cost, it has PAGE 9 of 20