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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1972-2951. 6 VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH i Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the Village Council of the Village of Plymouth, Minnesota, was a held on the 21st day of August, 1972. The following members were present: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Hunt, Spaeth, Seibold and Neils.; The following members were absent: None Councilman Neils introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 72-295 WHEREAS, this Council has been provided with a report prepared by the Joint Executive Management Committee of the Metropolitan Council and the Metropolitan Sewer Board, which report is entitled "JOINT COST ALLOCATION STUDY", and WHEREAS, the Village of Plymouth ha,, had a very limited opportunity to digest, analyze, investigate, interpret and project many of the data which are contained within this report, which data are used by the Joint Executive Management Committee to reach certain conclusions which could have grave and serious fiscal consequences for the communities served by the Metropolitan Sewer System, and j; WHEREAS, using the proposed Service Availability Charge (SAC) method exclusively in paying for reserve interceptor capacity promotes fiscal ir- responsibility by separating policy decisions connected with capital outlay from the fiscal consequences of such actions, and WHEREAS, using the Service Availability Charge method exclusively in s paying for reserve interceptor capacity has the effect of adding to the cost it burden of new low and medium -income housing units, while at the same time deferring all cost obligation for large landowners until a time of their i choosing, thereby permitting them to capitalize upon the benefit of available sewer interceptors which are being financed by other citizens, and JWHEREAS, a review to date by Village staff, and personnel in other com- munities, has raised serious reservations as to the accuracy and adequacy of the data used and conclusions reached by the Joint Executive Management Committee, and WHEREAS, representatives of the Village of Plymouth have appeared before the Metropolitan Sewer Board and the Metropolitan Council Referral Committee to express our concerns and suggest possible alternatives, and these alter- natives have not been thoroughly considered by the Joint Executive Management Committee to determine their reasonableness in equitably allocating sewer costs, and !I WHEREAS, the Village of Plymouth believes that undeveloped, yet develop- S able, land benefits by the availability of metropolitan sewer interceptor reserve capacity, and said land reasonably represents future users of the Metropolitan Sewer System, and WHEREAS, land benefiting from metropolitan interceptor reserve capacity should assist in paying for such reserve capacity on an equitable basis, and WHEREAS, an equitable basis for measuring and assisting in the financing of such benefit appears to be by special assessments imposed by the municipali upon that land which is situated within the municipality, or by the Metropolit Sewer Board, and WHEREAS,, a combination of a modest Service Availability Charge andFarea `, jj assessment on developable land appears to be a more reasonable method ,of E' determining the benefit of metropolitan sewer interceptor reserve capacity that exists under the present cost allocation policy or in the plan presented t by the Joint Executive Management Committee, and I l WHEREAS, this proposed approach merits serious and in-depth consideration{ 1Jf and study by the Joint Executive Management, Committee to evaluate its economic i, and administrative impact upon the entire Metropolitan Sewer District as an alternative to the cost allocation presently proposed for adoption, and { WHEREAS, this Council firmly believes that the economic consequences of I metropolitan sewer interceptor reserve capacity cost allocations are of such vital importance to all communities in the Metropolitan Sewer District, and 1j particularly the citizens, that adoption of the proposed cost allocation . recommendations of the Joint Executive Management Committee would be premature j at this time, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE !k VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH that this Council does strongly urge the Metropolitan If Council to defer adoption of the cost allocation system proposed by the Joint Executive Management Committee until alternative methods of financing metro- politan sewer interceptor reserve capacity can be more thoroughly explored as to their economic and administrative impact on all communities in the Metro- politan Sewer_ District, with specific reference to the method suggested by the ' Village of'Plymouth, and that the respective Sewer Service Area Advisory Boards be an integral part of such studies, and FURTHER that the State Legislature be requested to consider such amendments to the Metropolitan Sewer Act which may be required as a result of this expanded study. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Metropolitan Council approve a con- tinuation of the present cost allocation system for determining 1973 metro- politan sewer billings, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be sent to the Governor, members of the State Legislature and County Boards of Commissioners representing citizens within the Metropolitan Sewer District, members of the Metropolitan Counci. Metropolitan Sewer Board, and news media. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly seconded by Councilman Hunt, and upon vote being taken there- on, the following voted in favor thereof: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen i Hunt, Spaeth, Seibold and Neils. The following voted against: None. Whereupon the Resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. rtt *** +rtr* STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN 3 SS. VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the Village of Plymouth, Minnesota, hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing extract of the minutes of a regular meeting of the Village Council of said Village held on August 21, 1972 with the original thereof on file in my office, and the same 1s a full, true and complete transcript there- from. WITNESS, My hand officially as such Clerk and the corporate seal of the Village this 28th day of August, 1972.