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City of Centerville <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br />November 28, 2012 <br />Engineer Statz addressed Mr. Padrnos’s questions from previous and stated that Council <br />is contemplating not assessing for the installation of the watermain but rather recouping <br />its costs through connection fees at such time as the property owner decided to connect to <br />services, well failure or deadline date for connection. Engineer Statz stated that at the <br />time of connection the property owner would pay a connection fee. Those fees are <br />currently $6,350, lateral connection fee, trunk fee of $1,800, water meter fee of $400, <br />permit and inspection fees of $400. The costs for constructing the service line to the <br />home is estimated at approximately $2,500 for service being bored into the home and <br />connection to inside piping. The total for construction of the service and the related fees <br />is estimated at approximately $11,450. Engineer Statz stated that these fees are current <br />fees and that the City Council could increase them in the future through the Fee Schedule. <br /> <br />Mayor Wilharber questioned whether the fees included abandoning the homeowner’s <br />existing well. Both Attorney Glaser and Public Works Director Palzer stated that the <br />City does not require the abandoning of wells but the but that is regulated by Minnesota <br />Department of Health. Director Palzer stated that the City requires that the city water <br />serve all of the domestic water use of the home and that wells serve outside faucets and <br />irrigations only. Separation of well water from municipal water services is critical due to <br />potential for contamination. <br /> <br />Engineer Statz stated that if Council chooses to allow other resident’s that have <br />previously had municipal water installed on their street(s) but have not yet connected, an <br />opportunity to connect with this project, the estimated cost for connection would be <br />approximately $16,100. <br /> <br />At that point the hearing was opened to public comment, the following persons expressed <br />their views on the project: <br /> <br />Mr. Luke Kowarsch, 6933 Sumac Court, stated that the State of Minnesota regulates <br />abandoning private wells and that residents can not connect their well to piping installed <br />in their homes for the delivery of municipal water services. Mr. Kowarsch felt that <br />Council was holding residents hostage with the large amount of special assessments that <br />would be placed on their property and this would not allow for their property being <br />saleable. <br /> <br />Mr. James Mickle, 1882 Center Street, questioned whether the City completed soil <br />borings, whether the street needed such extensive repair, why the higher level of <br />improvements for Center Street versus the other streets (Fox, Run, Houle Circle, etc.) and <br />that more damage would be sustained by the subgrade of the existing roadway if <br />municipal water was installed. <br /> <br />Ms. LeAnne Lingren, 1859 Center Street, questioned who would be responsible for the <br />payment of special assessments if she determined to sell her home at this point. <br /> <br />Mr. Kurt Frison, 6913 Sumac Court, questioned the location of extending the existing <br />storm water hold pond due to the locations of the trail and roadway that abut it, the <br />Page 4 of 12 <br /> <br />