HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-01-30 SDC MINSDC Committee Minutes
4 p.m. January 30, 1996
Jury Room
Meeting called to order at 4 p.m. Committee members Tim Price, Jack Nicholson, Kevin
Talbert, Larry Medinger, Don Laws and Ken Hagen were present. City staff McLaughlin,
Turner and Batters were present, as well as Wes Reynolds, consultant.
A timeline for the process, receiving report, committee meetings to review report sections
and propose changes, and finally recommendations for council action was discussed.
Medinger suggested that the committee should be increased by several members so builders
involved in multi-family housing and the business community would be better represented.
Laws suggested the committee ask Council to add a Chamber of Commerce representative.
The lodging associa-tion should send a non-voting representative, and Don Greene should be
invited to attend ex-officio also.
Meetings were proposed for Wednesday, February 7 and 28, and March 6 and 13, at 4 p.m.
Medinger questions the methodology that requires reimbursement for Hosler Dam.
Nicholson said he prefers charges based on square footage over numbers of fixtures.
Medinger agreed, stating that to be charged for an extra hose bib doesn't relate to increased
water usage, rather it's a matter of convenience.
Reynolds explained that in drafting the report, the consultants did an update and review of
methodologies using better, more recent land values, construction costs, modes of
transportation, etc. The changes are recommended on the basis of better information. The
suggested amounts reflect the maximum the City might charge. Regarding the repayment of
Hosler Dam, Reynolds said the City and property owners have the right to a reimbursement
(or improvement) fee to apply toward future projects.
Reynolds noted that the transportation section of the report has the biggest changes overall.
Looking at it differently nearly quadrupled costs, which carried through.
Hagen noted that for the storm drain system, treatment needs aren't represented. Medinger
noted that erroneous engineering in the 1985 Storm Drain plan is a concern. The plan needs
to be revisited. Laws said that for the time being, we need to work with what we have.
Turner noted that at the current level of funding it will take over 100 years to update the
study specifications.
Reynolds said that 15 % of total storm drain project costs are allocated to new development.
This results in a fee of 17C per square foot of impervious area for all customer classes.
Medinger asked how the City could charge him storm drain SDCs when he builds the
systems into the new developments he constructs. The possibility of districting the City for
different charges (by basin, by slope, etc.) was mentioned. Laws asked how the 15% figure
was arrived at, and suggested that key figures be reviewed.
Turner said that information on what is being done with the storm drain and water SDCs can
be made available to committee memberso
Medinger asked if the committee thought the Council would actually have the commercial
users pay the dramatically increased charges. Nicholson noted he heard that a person who
tore down and replaced a structure was going to be charged SDCs as if it had been a new
building. McLaughlin corrected that misconception, saying that citizens are given full credit
for what was previously in place; if they build over and above that they are charged only for
the increase in fixtures.
The order of topics covered in future meetings will be: Water and sewer, transportation, and
wrap up and recommendations. Meetings are scheduled for February 7 and 28, and March 6
and 13, all at 4 p.m. After February 7, meetings will be held at the Senior Program
building in Hunter Park.
Meeting adjourned at 5:15.