[Mpls] Storm Water Fee criteria (apparent absence of, that is)

[ABerget at aol.com]

I got my storm water fee billing this week and was surprised to find my  
property charged the highest rate since I have a 40'x140' lot with no driveway,  
alley or garage. Only my house sits on the lot unless you count my garden  shed 
(6'x8').  I wanted to know what the criteria is for the different  fee 
levels. I called the number on the bill for questions yesterday (Friday),  and after 
sitting on hold for nearly 10 minutes, I hung up and called Gay Noble  in the 
Ward 10 office. She didn't know and wasn't able to find the information  on 
the website either. She said that the first round of billing had been done  
with a blunt instrument (my language, not hers).  In other words, I  won the fee 
lottery and get charged at the highest level just because that's  what they're 
charging me. No one looked at my property to decide what level was  
appropriate and it is my burden to complain and ask for "reconsideration" -  although 
actually no one "considered" my property in the first place. Gay  asked called 
John McLean to call me and we are now playing phone tag. I will  report back 
after my conversation with him.
 
If anyone already has the criteria, please post them so we can all see what  
they are.
 
Ann Berget
Kingfield 8-6 (formerly 10-11)