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City of Centerville <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br />November 14, 2012 <br /> <br />receive City requests either by telephone or in person rather than by mail and requested <br />that they be allowed to improve the Outlot if the City was not going to be responsive to <br />their requests for cleaning it up. Council Member Fehrenbacher stated that one abutting <br />neighbor had installed a bridge, which the City removed due to it not meeting structural <br />requirements and that the owner had requested that it be returned and to date it had been. <br />Residents admitted that in the past they had been depositing items (brush and grass <br />clippings) on the property a stopped after they found out that it disturbed the drainage <br />ditch. Lengthy discussion was had by the Public Works Director Palzer stating that the <br />contractor who cleaned the ditch left the site in satisfactory condition, that neighboring <br />property owners placed brush and additional items onto the City’s property on numerous <br />occasions, that other debris could have been left by the previous owner, Ground <br />Development and that most of the stumps viewed by property owners are located on their <br />own property with the City not being responsible for removing them. <br /> <br />Mr. Richard Gillitzer, 6873 Mallard Way, stated that he desired to clear and spruce up <br />what he thought was his property due to the fact that it states that he owns a portion of the <br />Outlot on his deed and he learned from his neighbors that he did not own it that the City <br />did. Mr. Gillitzer explained that he desires to clean the same size area as his neighbors. <br />Mr. Gillitzer also stated that he received a similar letter from the City, felt that it would <br />be not only in his best interest but also the City’s to spruce up the area, that City Staff <br />was extremely rude to him when they were visiting the Outlot recently and that the letter <br />was very threatening. <br /> <br />Attorney Glaser stated that there would be slight liability on the City’s part if something <br />happened during the resident cleanup. <br /> <br />Consensus of the Council was for abutting property owners to meet with City Staff <br />regarding future cleanup efforts and subsequent authorization for the owners to <br />commence cleanup. <br /> <br />IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS/UPDATES <br /> <br />Council Member Fehrenbacher reported on the recent Police Governing Board meeting <br />stating that staff was offered similar benefits as was offered to union employees, that <br />several individuals that serve on the board were up for re-election, with representatives <br />from the cities of Lexington and Centerville being reelected to their positions and that the <br />City of Lexington will be hosting the meetings for the upcoming year. <br /> <br />Council Members Love and Paar both thanked City Staff and election judges for their <br />hard work with the recent General Election. Both Council Members thanked voters for <br />the large turnout. <br /> <br />Council Member Love stated that Mr. Chad Buechler, Operating Manager for CenterMart <br />appeared before the Planning and Zoning Commission in November requesting a <br />Conditional Use Permit for the operation of a U-Haul Rental business at 1825 Main <br />Street and the Commission ordered a Public Hearing for December 4, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 5 of 6 <br /> <br />