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<br />Centerville City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />March 26, 2003 <br /> <br />Mr. Ted Erkenbrack, 7377 Peltier Circle, provided a written statement to Council and <br />then read portions of it. He then asked for a written response from Council in response to <br />the questions raised. <br /> <br />Mr. Erkenbrack asked what the developer would pay outside of the development to offset <br />costs to residents. He then said he would like to have something in writing from Council <br />in response to the questions in the citizen statement. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney indicated the City always uses competitive bidding. <br /> <br />Mr. Erkenbrack indicated that if the developer is drawing on the existing base of utilities <br />then he should be required to pay for that and he is not. <br /> <br />Mr. Qamhieh said that one overload truck is all it takes to destroy a road. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated that anyone seeking an overweight permit <br />must put up financial consideration. <br /> <br />Mr. Erkenbrack commented that the financial consideration is usually returned to the <br />developer before the City realizes that damage has been done to the road. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that the City Engineer would review the condition of the <br />road prior to the construction and after the construction to evaluate the condition and <br />determine whether the City needs to charge the developer. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated she had dropped off questions to Staff concerning the <br />escrow for Rehbein and Staff is looked into the water interconnect with Lino Lakes. She <br />is aware that the Lino Lakes draws from Centerville and Centerville has drawn from Lino <br />Lakes with no fees charged either way. <br /> <br />A comment was made that in Connecticut, the whole City bore the cost for improvements <br />to the roads or water installation or repair. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that it is not possible to do things that way in Minnesota <br />because the local improvements are based on the value of property so communities set <br />the rate of tax that is paid to cover whatever the City feels it needs for street maintenance <br />repair and water. He then said that Minnesota law prohibits the local municipality from <br />creating a new tax only the legislature can do that. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that Centerville is a bedroom community with not much <br />commercial tax base and homestead tax does not generate very much revenue. He then <br />said that additional services cannot be funded by the City and the costs would need to be <br />borne mostly by the homeowners. <br /> <br />Mr. Erkenbrack asked if there are property taxes going against the City budget and there <br />are line items for road and water maintenance and, if so, are they enough or do they need <br /> <br />Page 11 of19 <br />