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MEMORANDUM May 27, 2014 Work Session <br /> To: Staff& Council <br /> Soren Mattick, City Attorney <br /> From: Mike Gaffron, Asst. City Administrator <br /> Date: March 28, 2014 <br /> Subject: Storm Water & Drainage Trunk Fee Issues <br /> Summary: Staff has identified the need for potentia! Code amendments and/or a re- <br /> interpretation of the SW&DT Fee provisions in light of Council actions and staff <br /> discussions over the past two years. <br /> Attachments: <br /> A - Pertinent Ordinances - Municipal Code Sections 14-281 thru 14-287 <br /> B - History of SW&DT Fees Collected (Single-family residential projects) <br /> C - 2014 Fee Schedule Excerpt - SW&DT Fees <br /> SWMP and Storm Water CIP. The City of Orono in 2002 adopted a SurFace Water <br /> Management Plan (SWMP) that serves as a guide for the development, expansion <br /> and management of the surface water system throughout the City. The SWMP was <br /> updated in January 2011 to reflect current needs and to meet Federal and State <br /> requirements. One of the elements of the SWMP is an inventory of Orono's existing <br /> surface water systems and a description of future needed storm water facilities. These <br /> are regional facilities that are needed to senre the entire City irrespective of property <br /> boundaries and in addition to the individual storm water management facilities that <br /> may be required of individual developments. <br /> The 2002 SWMP identified long-term system improvements that would be needed as <br /> Orono becomes fully developed, and included a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that <br /> incorporated individual projects identified as critical to the ultimate management of <br /> surFace waters in the City. That long-term CIP identified in 2002 had an estimated <br /> cost of nearly $11,000,000 in 1998 dollars. <br /> The 2011 SWMP update acknowledged the hard realities of funding surface water <br /> management needs, and established a revised Surface Water Management CIP with <br /> implementation tied to annual funding expectations. The Surface Water Management <br /> CIP categorizes planned expenditures in four areas: <br /> 1) Activities associated with meeting the City's obligations relative to its NPDES <br /> (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System) permit, such as educational <br /> materials, annual clean-up days, inspection programs for illicit sewer and septic <br /> system discharges, organics recycling, etc.; <br /> 2) Capital Improvement Projects, which include implementation of the SWMP, water <br /> quality and water quantity projects for developing areas, wetland restoration, and <br /> priority projects for developed areas; <br /> 3) Ongoing Operations and Maintenance of the system such as stormwater ponds, <br /> storm sewers, and culverts, as well as street sweeping; and <br /> Page 1 of 9 <br />