Meeting
City Council · 2016-02-23
City Council meeting
Decisions
3
5 motions in all
Split votes
0
at least one no
Discussion
–
no recording
Residents spoke
–
introduced themselves
Agenda items and what happened
| Item | Outcome | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Draft Sewer Utility Master Plan work session |
discussed only | p.1 |
| Utility Rate Options work session Direction: Mayor Brunst requested staff prepare a chart showing which capital projects could or could not be completed depending on which funding/rate option (5-, 7-, 10-year, or bond) the Council ultimately adopted. |
direction to staff | p.2 |
| City Council Items of Common Interest work session |
discussed only | p.3 |
| Personal Appearances - Sunset Heights neighborhood alternative proposal regular session |
discussed only | p.5 |
| Resolution - Transfer $6,500 from Council Contingency Account for Pillar of the Valley and SCERA Gala events regular session |
approved | p.6 |
| Resolution - Siemens Industry, Inc. and Siemens Public, Inc. Performance Contracting and Lease Purchase Agreements regular session |
approved | p.6 |
| Public Hearing - Resolution Adjusting Storm Water Utility Fee from $5.25 to $6.25 per ESU regular session |
approved | p.9 |
Items and outcomes were extracted from the agenda and minutes by Claude (Anthropic); each links to the minutes page. The minutes are authoritative.
| Motion | By | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| To approve the January 20, 2016, Joint City Council/Alpine School District meeting minutes. | Brent Sumner 2nd Tom Macdonald |
✓ Passed | p.5 |
| By resolution, to authorize the City Manager to Transfer $6,500 from the City Council Contingency Account to fund Council participation in the upcoming Pillar of the Valley and SCERA Gala events. | Richard Brunst 2nd Sam Lentz |
✓ Passed | p.6 |
| By resolution, to authorize the Mayor or his designate to execute a performance contracting agreement between the City and Siemens Industry Inc., and a Master Lease Purchase Agreement, associated Leasing Schedule, and an Escrow Agreement with Siemens Public Inc. | Sam Lentz 2nd Tom Macdonald |
✓ Passed | p.9 |
| To Orem twenty years ago, there were no detention basins or street lights. He said he thought it was an important program. | Richard Brunst 2nd Debby Lauret |
✓ Passed | p.10 |
| To adjourn to the meeting. | Brent Sumner 2nd Tom Macdonald |
✓ Passed | p.11 |
Text extracted from the minutes PDF (scanned pages via OCR). The PDF is the official record.
CITYOFOREM
CITYCOUNCILMEETING
56 North State Street Orem, Utah
February 23, 2016
3:00 P.M. WORK SESSION-PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING ROOM
CONDUCTING Mayor Richard F. Brunst
Councilmembers Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Tom
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Macdonald, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent
Sumner
Jamie Davidson, City Manager; Brenn Bybee, Assistant
APPOINTEDSTAFF
City Manager; Greg Stephens, City Attorney; Richard
Manning, Administrative Services Director; Bill Bell,
Development Services Director; Karl Hirst, Recreation
Director; Chris Tschirki, Public Works Director; Scott
Gurney, Fire Department Director; Gary Giles, Police
Department Director; Charlene Crozier, Library
Director; Jason Bench, Planning Division Manager;
Neal Winterton, Water Division Manager; Reed Price,
Maintenance Division Manager; Steven Downs,
Assistant to the City Manager; and Donna Weaver, City
Recorder
DISCUSSION -Draft Sewer Utility Master Plan
Mr. Winterton reviewed the process the sewer system used, noting that it ended in Powell
Slough. He touched on the history of the sewer plant and statistics on the amount of sewage it
processed and the infrastructure needed to handle it. He noted the City had a TV truck that
dropped a camera into a pipe “real time' to visually inspect the condition of a line. Sometimes
they found that the condition of the pipe had degraded and holes had developed.
Mr. Davidson said a steamroller working on a project on 1200 North ended up inside a pipe that
collapsed.
Mr. Winterton said his staff had been utilizing public education to help people understand that
they should throw things in the trash rather than down the sewer. He reviewed a chart of future
system improvements, including a slide with the 5-, 7-, 10-year, and bond scenarios.
He said there were more sophisticated technology options to assess pipe condition and life
expectancy. The plans were to maintain capacity; they were not looking at evaluating increasing
capacity until 2040. Should there be another incident like what happened on 1200 North they had
a reserve fund which required approval of the Council through a budget amendment.
Mr. Winterton then reviewed how the sewer utility was funded and the timing for the proposed
rate increases. He mentioned something called a “pass-through" cost. Mr. Tschirki said an
City Council Minutes - February 23, 2016 (p.1)
DISCUSSION/UPDATE-UtilityRateOptions
At the request of Mr. Davidson, Mr. Winterton explained what they were doing to minimize
"sewer bursts" at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. They were working to limit odors and were
preparing an online notification process similar to the one used for potholes.
Mr. Davidson said that the retreat discussion had included financing some of the larger projects.
Mr. Tschirki said they had not previously included a bonding option but did so at the request of
some of the Council members. He said the cost to bond would be in the neighborhood of $12
million. The benefit in doing it would be the ability to complete some projects sooner.
Mayor Brunst said he understood that doing the 10-year option meant some projects simply
could not be done. Mr. Tschirki said prioritization of projects would determine what projects
were done, and when. Mayor Brunst requested that a chart be prepared showing projects could
be done/not done, depending upon the funding source adopted.
Mr. Tschirki then reviewed the timing of the projects depending upon which funding source the
Council chose.
Open
Water
5-year Bond 7-year 10-year
House
Increase In Monthly Bill
From Prior Year (Bond)
$2.83 Average
$9.90 $6.48 $8.01 $7.50 $7.63
2018 Water Bond
$4.97 $2.10 $2.66 $1.92 $7.49
P = $12.5M
$3.67 $2.00 $3.18 $2.40
$3.75
Costs = $6.3M
$1.89 $2.48 $2.96 $2.48 $1.45
AP = $943k
.
$1.90 $2.97 $3.16 $2.57 $1.78
2021 Water Bond
·
$1.31 $2.46 $2.54 $2.66 $1.79
P = $12.5M
$1.33 $2.75 $1.99 $2.76 $1.33 Costs = $6.3M
$1.35 $3.01 $1.99 $2.63 $1.35 AP = $943k
$1.24 $1.81 $2.22 $1.24
$1.37
$0.73 $2.23 $0.43 $1.15 $0.73
Open
Sewer 5-year Bond 7-year 10-year
House
Increase In Monthly Bill
From Prior Year(Bond)
$2.46 Average $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1.68
$5.68 $3.44 $3.44 $3.44 $5.29
2018SewerBond
P = $4.5M $
$3.96 $2.69 $2.88 $4.64
[= $2.3M
$3.95 $3.03 $4.41 $3.25 $4.12
AP = $339K
$3.73 $2.97 $3.23 $3.01 $3.92
2021 Sewer Bond
$1.87
$2.59 $2.57 $2.63 $0.95
P = $7.5M
$1.60 $2.70 $2.49 $2.59 $0.97
Costs = $3.8M
$1.24 $2.64 $1.73 $2.51 $1.00
AP = $566k
$1.25 $2.61 $2.49
$1.74 $1.02
$1.35 $1.96 $0.98 $1.83 $1.04
City Council Minutes - February 23, 2016 (p.2)
Open
Storm Water
5-year Bond 7-year 10-year
House
IncreaseInMonthlyBill
FromPriorYear(5-year)
$0.34 Average $1.00 $1.00 $0.70 $0.60 $1.37
$0.50 $0.50 $0.45 $0.40 $0.33
NoBondingRequired
$0.35 $0.35 $0.45 $0.35 $0.21
$0.25 $0.25 $0.30 $0.30 $0.21
$0.25 $0.25 $0.30 $0.30 $0.23
$0.20 $0.20 $0.30 $0.30 $0.20
$0.20 $0.20 $0.25 $0.30 $0.20
$0.20 $0.20 $0.20 $0.30 $0.20
$0.20
$0.20 $0.20 $0.30 $0.20
$0.20 $0.20 $0.20 $0.20 $0.20
All Three Open
5-year Bond 7-year. 10-year
House
IncreaseInMonthlyBil
From Prior Year
$10.90 $7.48 $8.71 $8.10 $10.68
$5.63 Average
2018 Bond $11.15 $6.04 $6.55 $5.76 $13.11
P = $17.0M $7.98 $5.04 $7.67 $5.63 $8.60
。
· Costs = $8.6M $6.09 $5.76 $7.67 $6.03 $5.78
AP = 1.3M
$5.88 $6.19 $6.69 $5.88 $5.93
2021 Bond
$3.38 $5.25 $5.41 $5.59 $2.94
· P =$20.0M
$3.13 $5.65 $4.73 $5.65 $2.50
· Costs = $10.1M
$2.55
AP = 1.5M $2.79 $5.85 $3.92 $5.44
$2.69 $4.62 $3.31 $5.01 $2.46
$2.28 $4.39 $1.61 $3.18 $1.97
In response to a query from the Mayor about a proposed new well, Keith Larson, consultant, said
different water rights were needed at different times of the year. Mr. Tschirki said that, while
surface water was currently the least expensive, it might not always be the case. Surface water
was also limited by how much the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) water
treatment plant could handle. More public education for conservation should be done.
Legislature was looking at a conservation-minded tiered rate structure. The City does have a
water conservation plan that was evaluated every five years but more could be done to educate
the public.
DISCUSSION - City Council Items of Common Interest
Mayor Brunst provided time for Council members to report on their committee assignments.
Provo was doing. He said it should include an education process to help residents know how to
handle panhandlers-besides residents giving them money out of their cars.
Mr. Stephens said there were probably things that could be done to Orem's ordinance. Most
ordinances focused on safety issues and not on the panhandling itself. Provo's new approach was
to criminalize both the panhandling and the resident giving the money. Orem's ordinance only
City Council Minutes-Febnuary 23,2016(p.3)
penalized the panhandler. State law focused on any reason for going out in the street. Provo's
law applied to larger streets, while Orem limited it to all streets. Courts had upheld that kind of
law on the basis of safety reasons, but that meant it was hard to limit panhandling on a cul-de-
sac. He noted there would be a lot of negative press about criminalizing it on the side of the
person giving money. Mr. Stephens said he thought educating the public was the best way to cut
down on panhandling.
Chief Giles said they came up with a form that listed all the different resources, and all his
reviews. Many people were happy something was being done while others had the attitude that
they would give to whomever they wanted. Chief Giles said they discovered that a lot of the
"homeless" were coming down on Frontrunner from the Salt Lake area. His officers were
instructed that, when they did have some time, they should park near a panhandler. Because the
panhandlers know they were not permitted to go into the road, their ability to get money was
reduced and they tended to leave early.
Mr. Davidson said he was looking for a date in the future when he could introduce the Council to
the new UTOPIA director and talk about opportunities for growth in the system.
5:00P.M. STUDY SESSION-PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING ROOM
CONDUCTING
Mayor Richard F. Brunst
ELECTEDOFFICIALS
Councilmembers Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Tom
Macdonald, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent
Sumner
APPOINTED STAFF
Jamie Davidson, City Manager; Brenn Bybee, Assistant
City Manager; Greg Stephens, City Attorney; Richard
Manning, Administrative Services Director; Bill Bell,
Development Services Director; Karl Hirst, Recreation
Director; Chris Tschirki, Public Works Director; Scott
Gurney, Fire Department Director; Gary Giles, Police
Department Director; Charlene Crozier, Library
Director; Jason Bench, Planning Division Manager;
Paul Goodrich, Transportation Engineer; Keith Larsen,
Traffic Operations Engineer; Sam Kelly, Engineer;
Neal Winterton, Water Division Manager; Reed Price,
Maintenance Division Manager; Steven Downs,
Assistant to the City Manager; and Donna Weaver, City
Recorder
Preview Upcoming Agenda Items
Staff presented a preview of upcoming agenda items.
Agenda Review
The City Council and staff reviewed the items on the agenda.
City Council Minutes -February 23, 2016 (p.4)
City Council New Business
There was no City Council new business.
The Council adjourned 5:49 p.m. to the City Council Chambers for the regular meeting.
6:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CONDUCTING Mayor Richard F. Brunst
ELECTED OFFICIALS Councilmembers Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Tom
Macdonald, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, and Brent
Sumner
APPOINTEDSTAFF Jamie Davidson, City Manager; Brenn Bybee, Assistant
City Manager; Greg Stephens, City Attorney; Richard
Manning, Administrative Services Director; Bill Bell,
Development Services Director; Karl Hirst, Recreation
Director; Chris Tschirki, Public Works Director; Scott
Gurney, Fire Department Director; Gary Giles, Police
Department Director; Charlene Crozier, Library
Director; Jason Bench, Planning Division Manager;
Steven Downs, Assistant to the City Manager; and
Donna Weaver, City Recorder
INVOCATION/
INSPIRATIONALTHOUGHT Kirk Topham
PLEDGEOFALLEGIANCE Eric Walkers
APPROVALOFMINUTES
Mr. Sumner moved to approve the January 20, 2016, Joint City Council/Alpine School District
meeting minutes. Mr. Macdonald seconded the motion. Those voting aye: Richard F. Brunst,
Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Tom Macdonald, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, Brent Sumner. The
motion passed unanimously.
MAYOR'S REPORT/ITEMS REFERREDBY COUNCIL
Upcoming Events
The Mayor referred the Council to the upcoming events listed in the agenda packet.
Appointments to Boards and Commissions
There were no appointments to boards and commissions.
Recognition of New Neighborhoods in Action Officers
There were new NIA officers recognized.
City Council Minutes -February 23, 2016(p.5)
CITYMANAGER'SAPPOINTMENTS
Appointments to Boards and Commissions
There were no appointments to boards and commissions.
PERSONALAPPEARANCES
Time was allotted for the public to express their ideas, concerns, and comments on items not on
the agenda. Those wishing to speak should have signed in prior to the meeting, and comments
were limited to three minutes or less.
Mark Tippets, resident of the Sunset Heights Neighborhood, proposed an alternative to the Ivory
Homes project being planned for his neighborhood. He said they would prefer the developer it
consider a married housing option. Mr. Tippets noted that not all his neighbors had bought off on
the idea yet because they have not all been contacted yet, though it would not be as high density
as the current proposal, it would have a steadier clientele with fewer vacancies during the
summer months. The traffic impact on the neighborhood would also be less.
CONSENT ITEMS
RESOLUTION - Authorizing the City Manager to Transfer $6.500 from the City Council
Contingency Account to Fund Council participation in the upcoming Pillar of the Valley
and SCERA Gala events.
Mayor Brunst moved, by resolution, to authorize the City Manager to Transfer $6,500 from the
City Council Contingency Account to fund Council participation in the upcoming Pillar of the
Valley and SCERA Gala events. Mr. Lentz seconded the motion. Those voting aye: Richard F.
Brunst, Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Tom Macdonald, Mark Seastrand, David Spencer, Brent
Sumner. The motion passed unanimously.
SCHEDULEDITEMS
CONTINUED DISCUSSION - RESOLUTION - Siemens Industry, Inc. Agreement
Authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to execute:
1. A Performance Contracting Agreement between the City and Siemens Industry.
Inc., pertaining to the installation of several Facility Improvement Measures (FIMs)
designed to significantly reduce the City's energy consumption; and
2. A Master Lease Purchase Agreement associated Leasing Schedule and an Escrow
Agreement with Siemens Public, Inc., with regard to the financing of the Equipment
that will be installed as part of the FIMs; and authorizing the taking of all other
actions necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such
documents.
Siemens Industry, Inc. performed an energy savings audit of the City's buildings and other
facilities to identify opportunities to realize energy savings from upgrades to City facilities. As
part of the audit, Siemens analyzed City street lights, building lights, heating and cooling
systems, temperature settings and controls, operating hours, swimming pool operations, building
insulation, windows, boilers and other elements of City facilities.
City Council Minutes - February 23, 2016 (p.6)
The audit performed by Siemens identified a number of Facility Improvement Measures (FIMs)
that could be implemented to generate energy savings for the City. The proposed FIMs include
the following:
1. Street Lighting Upgrades
2. Building Lighting Upgrades and Control
3. Building Automation System Upgrade/Expansion
4. Elevator Upgrades
5. On-site Hypochlorite Generator
6. Pool Evaporation Control
Retro-Commissioning
7.
8. Building Envelope and Mechanical Insulation
9. FanSpeedVFDControls
10. Reduced Pool Circulation Pump Flow
Constant Volume to Variable Volume Pumping
11.
12. Destratification Fans
13. Data Center Optimization, Hot Aisle Containment
14. Solar Shading of Windows
15.
Boiler Replacement
16.
Leisure Pool Pump Switch
17. MotorReplacements
18. BoilerRoomAirBarrier
19. Increased Cooling Capacity
Siemens had calculated that implementation of the above-listed FIMs (all equipment or tangible
items associated with the FIMs is hereinafter referred to as the “Equipment") would save the
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Installation of the FIMs would also generate operational savings in the form of reduced
maintenance. Based on current electricity and natural gas rates and the anticipated increase in
these rates over time, Siemens estimated that the energy and operational savings would save the
City between $608,000 and $893,000 every year with savings in the initial years in the lower end
of the range and increasing over time to the higher end of the range. The total average savings
over the 15-year period following installation of the FIMS would be approximately $759,000 per
year.
The City and Siemens had negotiated a contract (the “Siemens Contract") in which Siemens
agrees to install the agreed-upon FIMs within 18 months. The contract contained a guarantee that
the installed FIMs will generate the annual energy savings described above. The contract calls
for compensation to be paid to Siemens in the amount of $6,738,778 which will be paid in
progress payments as work under the contract is completed.
In order to pay for the installation of the FIMs, the City proposed to enter into a Master Lease
Purchase Agreement, associated Leasing Schedule and Escrow Agreement (collectively referred
to as the “Lease Agreement'") with Siemens Public, Inc., which was essentially the finance arm
of Siemens (for ease of reference, Siemens Industry will hereinafter be referred to as “Siemens
Construction" and Siemens Public will be referred to as “Siemens Finance"). The City solicited
and reviewed proposals from several qualified firms regarding the funding of the Siemens
Contract and ultimately selected the proposal of Siemens Finance as the most advantageous to
the City.
City Council Minutes - February 23,2016 (p.7)
Under the Lease Agreement, Siemens Finance will deposit the sum of $6,738,778 (the contract
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Construction until all the work has been completed and the contract price is paid in full. The City
will then make monthly lease payments to Siemens Finance over a period of fifteen years. The
lease payments will be made out of savings that the City will realize from the installation of the
FIMs.
During the term of the lease, Siemens Finance will have a security interest in the Equipment and
will have the right to repossess the Equipment in the event the City does not make the lease
payments. At the end of the fifteen years, the lease will be terminated and clear title to all of the
Equipment will be conveyed to the City free and clear of any liens (not unlike a “lease to own"
contract).
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payments, but Siemens Finance would then have the right to repossess the Equipment pursuant
to its security interest.
This item contained two parts. The first part was a request that the City Council authorize the
Mayor or his designee to execute the Performance Contracting Agreement between the City and
Siemens Construction for the installation of the FIMs. The second part was a request that the
City Council authorize the Mayor or his designee to execute the Master Lease Purchase
Agreement, associated Leasing Schedule and an Escrow Agreement with Siemens Public, Inc.,
related to the financing of the Equipment.
Mark Cram, Siemens representative, said the proposed savings represented were for the entire
length of the project. The dollars could vary depending upon the utility rates.
Mr. Seastrand said labor was also a factor in saving and wondered how that had been measured.
Mr. Cram said they had based it on what money had been previously spent on outside labor for
repairs and materials. There would no longer be a need for replacements since the equipment
would be new.
Mr. Davidson noted that some of the incentives that were currently being offered by Rocky
Mountain Power would end. Mr. Cram said by that date was March 10, 2016. He indicated they
were already set up to take advantage of those discounts if the contract were approved.
Mr. Spencer asked if Siemens had met their guarantee for the five cities they had already worked
with. Mr. Cram said they had, but with one caveat. One of the phases with Salt Lake City had a
main line break on a solar thermal system. During the repairs they did not realize the savings in
the heating of the water. Siemens and the contractor reimbursed the city for those lost revenues.
Mr. Macdonald asked if Orem's proposal included any solar work, and Mr. Cram said it did not.
Mayor Brunst said he had spoken with the references provided by Siemens. All the cities gave a
good report and said the projected savings were there. He stated that he thought it was a good
program.
City Council Minutes - February 23, 2016 (p.8)
Mr. Sumner noted that the other cities had not done an entire roll out as Orem was proposing to
do. He asked about the reasoning for that. Mr. Bell said the savings would be realized more
quickly and could be put toward other needs.
Mr. Lentz moved, by resolution, to authorize the Mayor or his designate to execute a
performance contracting agreement between the City and Siemens Industry Inc., and a Master
Lease Purchase Agreement, associated Leasing Schedule, and an Escrow Agreement with
Siemens Public Inc. Mr. Macdonald seconded the motion. Those voting aye: Richard F. Brunst,
Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Tom Macdonald, Mark Seastrand, Brent Sumner, David Spencer. The
motion passed unanimously.
6:00 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING - Storm Water Utility Fee Increase
RESOLUTION - Adjusting the storm sewer fee per equivalent service unit (ESU) from
$5.25 per ESU to $6.25 per ESU to fund capital improvements identified in the recently
adopted2016StormWaterMasterPlan
Mr. Reed Price said that almost one month ago, on January 26, 2016, the Orem City Council
unanimously approved Resolution R-2016-003 adopting the 2016 Storm Water Master Plan
(SWMP) prepared by Bowen Collins & Associates, Inc. That action culminated nearly two years
of study and planning which included several presentations to the Council, input from the Public
Works Advisory Commission, and numerous efforts to inform the public, including two open
houses, several reports in the local newspaper, information in city newsletters and direct mailings
to residents, regular social media notices, and a website with up-to-date information. The SWMP
formalizes the City's strategy to construct needed improvements to resolve existing and
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drinking water wellhead protection zones by piping water away from those areas.
The resolution also accepted the associated Storm Water User Rate Study (SWURS) prepared by
Lewis Young Robertson & Burningham, Inc. (LYRB). After receiving public feedback and upon
the recommendation of the City Council, LYRB created three pay-as-you-go funding plans over
5-,7-,and 10-yearperiods.
The three rate scenarios presented were all structured to produce a final rate of $8.60/EsU (a fee
increase of $3.35/ESU) within ten years. Scenarios 2 and 3 fund a reduced CIP in order to allow
for a more moderate annual increase in the rates. Scenarios 2 and 3 result in an overall
approximate revenue reduction of $725,000 and $1.6 million, respectively, over the same 10-
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liability from a water quality and property damage perspective.
The SWURS also illustrated that without a strategy for rate increases over time, past approaches
to rate adjustment relative to proposed expenses would not provide sufficient revenues to fund
the needed capital improvements identified in the SWMP. Additional analysis showed that past
rate increases had not kept up with inflation, meaning capital improvement projects had been
funded at a rate lower than when the original master plan was adopted in 1998. General support
for the 5-year rate adjustment option was offered at the meeting on January 26, 2016, as well as
at the City Council retreat thefollowingweek.
City Council Minutes-February 23,2016(p.9)
At the request of the Mayor, Mr. Price reviewed the list of best management practices that
businesses could use to qualify for a discount.
Mrs. Lauret asked when the billing increases would take place. Mr. Price said staff
recommended April 1, 2016.
Mr. Macdonald said that almost twenty years ago a decision had been made to make increases to
this fee every year; few had actually been done. He noted that even if the Council approved the
proposal, the only increased that would be locked in would be for the next year.
Mr. Price agreed, saying the intent was to bring the issue before the Council on a regular basis,
during the budget process. Mr. Tschirki said it would also provide an opportunity for staff to
report on changes.
Mr. Seastrand said the real intent of the system was to get as much of the rain water back in the
ground while protecting the wellheads from contaminated water. The City had a responsibility to
handle the water from large storms which pavement and rooftops prevented water from getting
back into the ground. Mr. Seastrand reaffirmed that the City would not be charging for the rain
but for getting the water back in the ground in places where the water would not endanger the
wells.
Mayor Brunst said when he moved to Orem twenty years ago, there were no detention basins or
street lights. He said he thought it was an important program.
Mayor Brunst opened the public hearing.
Bob Wright, resident, said that he objected to the proposed $1 increase in the utility bill for storm
water. The improvements should be made on an “as needed and prioritized basis."
The Mayor closed the public hearing.
Mr. Lentz asked about the assessment for multiunit residences. Mr. Price reviewed some of the
variations in billing and noted there were many unique structures in Orem. Some multifamily
units were charged per unit while others, like larger complexes, were charged by the amount of
impervious area. Mr. Lentz said he was not sure it would change the decision the Council would
make tonight, but he would like to more clearly define —as with the sewer base rate-the
differences between a single-family residence with an accessory apartment and a duplex, a
fourplex, or a large complex.
Mr. Tschirki said they could do that and make recommendations based upon the amount of
impervious surface. It would take time to do that.
Mr. Macdonald moved, by resolution, to adjust the storm sewer fee per equivalent service unit
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the 2016 Storm Water Master Plan, effective April 1, 2016. Mrs. Lauret seconded the motion.
Those voting aye: Richard F. Brunst, Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Tom Macdonald, Mark
Seastrand, Brent Sumner, David Spencer. The motion passed unanimously.
City Council Minutes - February 23, 2016 (p.10)
Mr.Macdonald said a decision would have to be made about the 5-, 7-, and 10-year plan options.
MayorBrunst said the motion just passedwould be the5-year plan, as outlined at this time.
COMMUNICATIONITEMS
The Monthly Financial Summary for January 2016was provided to the Council.
CITYMANAGERINFORMATIONITEMS
At the request of theMayor,Mr.Davidson noted theretirements of twomembers of theStreets
Division, Stan Orme and John Fillmore.He expressed appreciation for their service to the city.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Sumner moved to adjourn to the meeting.Mr. Macdonald seconded the motion. Those
voting aye: Richard F.Brunst,Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz,Tom Macdonald, Mark Seastrand,
David Spencer, Brent Sumner. The motion passed unanimously.
Themeetingadjourned at7:00p.m.
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Donna R. Weaver, City Recorder
Approved: March 8,2016
CityCouncilMinutes-February23,2016(p.11)