Okay, I'll bite: I got three letters, regarding three properties. (One of which I sold a year ago, but whatever...)
Here are the proposed fees: 1. 22nd and 16th, Duplex, small footprint, NO garage, NO driveway - ESUs calculated at 3.44, fee: $30 (Preposterous! - good thing this is the one I sold) 2. 28th & Park, Fourplex, nearly double the size of the previous duplex, no garage, but long driveway - ESUs calculated at 2.96, fee: $25.81 (Could be right...) 3. 28th and Park, Vacant Lot, NO building, NO garage, NO driveway, only impervious area is a tiny bit of sidewalk - ESUs calculated at 1.94, fee: $16.92 (I am told that this rate was calculated based upon the notion that a building existed on the lot, which is odd since the city tore it down. I will have to go downtown and dispute this, apparently.) So anyway, there are the examples you asked for. At least two of the three are clearly higher than they should be - so much so that it's almost funny. Connie Nompelis West Phillips/Powderhorn --- Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gemgram wrote: > > The real Stormwatergate is the amount that is > being charged to residents > > of poor neighborhoods. They are not being > assessed the amount for one > > 1550 foot unit, they usually are charged two or > three times that amount > > for small footprint houses without garages or > driveways. Most houses in > > my neighborhood are unfairly paying three times > the "statistical" > > average. Why? > > I'd like to hear (read) some real figures for the > amounts people are being > charged. This claim of three times the average > appears to be completely at > odds with the letter I just received from the City's > Public Works Department. > It very clearly states that there are exactly 3 > and only 3 rates for > single-family properties. > > Those rates are .75 times the standard rate, 1.00 > times the standard rate and > 1.25 times the standard rate. The standard rate is > $8.72 per month for storm > water. So that means single-family property owners > ought to be paying $6.54, > $8.72 or $10.90 per month. > > I don't see how anyone could be paying two to three > times the average using > those numbers. Is there something this letter is > not telling me? > > -- > Chris Johnson > Fulton > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a > member is in violation, contact the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: > http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused > Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
