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<br />- <br />City of Centerville <br />July 9, 2003 <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />responsibility to pay for the clean up because there was no backup system in place for <br />this type of situation. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that the City has no responsibility in this situation because <br />the only requirement is to provide sewer to most of the people most of the time. He then <br />said that Council has approved the purchase of a backup generator in an attempt to <br />eliminate this type of situation in the future. <br /> <br />Ms. Larson indicated that this happened through no fault of her own but she is forced to <br />deal with it and pay to have it cleaned up. She then commented that she has found out <br />that she has a small amount of homeowner's insurance to assist with the payments but <br />this is a lot of work and she is attempting to clean up the house prior to placing on the <br />market for resale. She further commented that she does not feel that Centerville is user <br />friendly or resident friendly and she is moving out and this sewer backup forces her to <br />stay longer and she will end up paying for redoing the street that she has paid for already <br />a number of times. <br /> <br />Ms. Larson asked why there is not an alarm or some way to alert the City that there is a <br />problem with the lift station to prevent this problem. <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated that Staffwas aware that the lift station was out but felt it had <br />an 8-hour window within which to handle the situation due to anticipated flows. <br />However, Staff did not anticipate that the sumps would be flowing over into the floor <br />drains and into the sewer providing a much greater water surge than expected and that is <br />why the backup occurred. <br /> <br />Ms. Larson indicated she had leamed there is a marine battery for backup power to the <br />sump pump and suggested that the City put an article in the newsletter suggesting that <br />residents obtain one to help avoid this type of situation in the future. <br /> <br />Council agreed to place a notice in the newsletter but indicated they could not force <br />residents to purchase battery backup for sump pumps. <br /> <br />Ms. Larson commented that she is concerned that a simple variance for a garage <br />warranted as much discussion as it did and the request to keep the bars open until 2:00 <br />a.m. warranted virtually no discussion. <br /> <br />CoWlGil Member Broussard Vickers clarified that the Ordinance allows the 2:00 a.m. <br />opening and Council just upheld that. She then said that the noise ordinance would <br />govern the extra hour of being open just as it does now untill :00 a.m. so there should not <br />be an issue. She further explained that she felt it important to point out to Mr. Kilian that <br />the fee for the variance application is required whether or not the variance request is <br />approved as Council has received several complaints from residents who did not know <br />that the fee applied whether or not it was approved and said they wished they had known. <br /> <br />Ms. Larson indicated that she is not happy about this sewer issue as it sets her back with <br />selling the house and will force her to pay for the reconstruction of the street. She then <br /> <br />Page 9 of 10 <br />