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City of Centerville <br />City Council Meeting Minutes <br />September 11, 2019 <br /> <br />Mayor Paar stated that Council does not like to assess individuals but due to it being a small <br />community that is what happens. He did remind the audience that every resident is paying 80% of <br />the project through their taxes and every resident has done this throughout the years with other <br />projects. <br /> <br />Mr. Ed Szulim, 1721 Heritage Street, questioned how much of his yard would be taken to widen the <br />roadway. He had concern as his yard is one of the smaller ones in the downtown area. <br /> <br />Administrator Statz explained that he would lose 3’ as the roadway currently is 22’ and the project <br />is proposing 28’. He also stated that the roadway would be centered within the right-of-way. <br />Mr. Szulim asked when he would be required to connect to city water. <br /> <br />Administrator Statz stated that he would be required to connect to municipal water if well fails <br />completely upon sale of house. <br /> <br />Mr. King questioned the downtown moratorium, if the language needed to be modified for this <br />project or home improvements such as adding a hand pump to your existing well. <br /> <br />Administrator Statz stated that the M-1 and M-2 districts have restrictions on remodeling or adding <br />to your home following the same building codes as every resident. <br /> <br />Mr. King again questioned whether he could keep his existing well while being connected to <br />municipal water. <br /> <br />Administrator Statz stated that you cannot have two (2) systems inside your home and there can be <br />no cross contamination. <br /> <br />Administrator Statz explained that years ago with the Downtown Master Plan, the City Code had <br />many restrictions on what downtown residents could do to their home. He stated that over the years, <br />amendments have been made allowing additions up to 33% percent of the original square footage of <br />the home. He reminded downtown residents that there are very few restrictions and they need to <br />comply with the existing building code and City Code as any other resident. <br /> <br />Administrator Statz stated that there is no policy/code that states that you cannot have a hand pump <br />on your well. He stated that city practice has been to not allow two (2) systems in your home and <br />that policy does not address that a well needs to be sealed. <br /> <br />Ms. Lisa Anderson, 1724 Heritage Street, questioned who benefits the most from the roadways in <br />the downtown area as there is a difference from other projects. She felt that the roadways will be <br />utilized more if they are widened and reconstructed primarily by businesses. She stated that this <br />may be the justification for assessments being at 20% rather than 25%-29% like other projects. <br /> <br />Administrator Statz stated that the percentage utilized on previous projects was due to the type of <br />bonds that were issued for the project. He stated that a 429 bond requires a minimum of 20% of <br />assessments with the City funding the remainder. He stated that if other bonds are utilized they have <br />different requirements and in this case it is presumed that the City will not be bonding but to remain <br />Page 6 of 11 <br /> <br /> <br />