[Mpls] Stormwatergate

[Steve Cross]

I'd suggest that unless the city makes some early adjustments to how 
billing is done for stormwater runoff that the whole idea of billing at 
all for it is going to be lost.  It's obvious that some things just 
weren't contemplated when the initial system was setup.  Unless some 
fixes are put in place soon to make at least a move toward fairness, 
then the City Council may be forced into killing all the bills for 
stormwater runoff.

And one of the things I just don't get is why a property with a duplex 
on it is charged more for stormwater.  It would seem that most such 
places should get a benefit from stormwater billing precisely because 
there are two owners to be shared the billing for the runoff on one 
property.  Logically, it would seem that each owner should pay half of 
what the billing would be if the property were a single-family home.

Steve Cross
Prospect Park
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