City Council Agenda and Packet 1992 09 01

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tAti- development, but I's &I" not in fovor of further down the line increase in taxes, vater fees, and so fQ th. DaVidsons If we do this we're going to eliminate starter homes in the laver end housing. Z fail to see how roisinq water rates is going to eliminate all of the currant multi - housing, or starter homes in Louisville. It's easier to spread a higher fee on a more expensive house. There is a considerable stock of starter hoses and multi - families that currently exist in the city. All we're doing now is building the other half of the community, the larger hoses. Based on the assessment fee and the $1.s million that the City has to come up with every year, it would be about $14.00 per month on the average water bill. We could wait until build -out and have all of the citizens of Louisville pay for the facilities that were put in. When you Rove into a towel you usually pay for the improvements after you arrive. As we've looked at the water tap fees, I don't think we're prope)sinq to change then to the actual cost of recovery. So, there is a continuing assessment of nearly $7.00 on Back porson per month to pay !or that. All we're talking about is not to cause that to go up significantly in the future. Mornbostel: On the service expansion foss, we're talking about raising this from $2.25 to $2.60. In our packet it talked about $.as of that should go to the processinq of administrative things. If $1.00 of this goes to parks, are we going to be able to cover what we've already funded right now or do we need to add enough more in order to do that? Annette Brand, City Administrator, inquired of John Franklin, Director of community Development, if the Building permit foes 20