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City of Centerville <br /> Council Meeting Minutes <br /> January 13,2016 <br /> entities when construction was occurring and it behooves the utility(ies) to remove their <br /> abandoned facilities and work with City's when construction occurs. Council felt that an <br /> ordinance should be looked at in the future. <br /> • Advance Notice of Projects <br /> Staff position is to rely on current law which requires us to hold at least one Preliminary Design <br /> Meeting and a Preconstruction Conference to give utilities advanced notice of projects. <br /> Utility(ies)position is that they would like more specific language about advanced notification. <br /> Engineer Statz stated that staff has a good relationship with the utilities, that law addresses the <br /> issue but the utility(ies) desire something more lax than state law. Engineer Statz and Legal <br /> Counsel Glaser felt that the utilities have lobbyists to modify laws and they desire things in their <br /> favor. <br /> Attorney Glaser stated that the utilities have many franchise agreements with many cities and it <br /> is in their interest to have consistency with them for ease of compliance and substantial <br /> modifications to the agreements make it difficult for them. Attorney Glaser states that the <br /> utilities are successful partners with the cities and are regulated by bodies which take public <br /> input very seriously and they have a strong incentive to remedy situations that may arise. <br /> Mayor Wilharber stated that the agreements remain in draft form and discussions will continue to <br /> take place with new agreements being anticipated for Council's next meeting. <br /> Motion by Council Member Fehrenbacher, seconded by Council Member King to table <br /> VIII. New Business Items #2-7 to Council's next Regularly Scheduled Meeting. All in <br /> favor. Motion carried. <br /> 8. Centennial School District#12/Centerville Elementary School Parking Lot <br /> Administrator Ericson stated that Mayor Wilharber and Council Member Fehrenbacher met with <br /> two members of the school board (Chair, Vice Chair, Dan Hoffinan - Business Manager & <br /> Superintendent Dietz). The Mayor and Council Member Fehrenbacher shared the City's vision <br /> for the downtown and the School District shared their vision for enlargement of their parking lot, <br /> student/staff safety and future expansion of additional classrooms. <br /> Council Member Fehrenbacher stated that the District is not looking at purchasing or proceeding <br /> with eminent domain actions on any other properties between Centerville Road and Progress <br /> Street. Council Member Fehrenbacher also stated that he believe that court proceedings for the <br /> eminent domain of 1709 Main Street commenced the following day. Council Member <br /> Fehrenbacher reported that the District is disappointed with the City's downtown redevelopment <br /> plans and their lack of involvement with the plans. Council Member Fehrenbacher stated that <br /> discussions ensued regarding the possibility of utilization of the school's existing parking lot for <br /> City functions (festival, farmers market and downtown parking) allowing for additional funding <br /> Page 8of12 <br /> 8 <br />