2021-04-28 WS & CC Meeting Minutes - Approved

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City of Centerville Council Meeting Minutes April 28, 2021 attempting to provide. He stated that he feels it fits with what the City already has going on with other convenience stores and would be fair to everyone. He stated that he was very impressed with the CityÓs Planning and Zoning Commission and the involvement of residents and how they organized themselves in such a short period of time. He stated that the City belongs to the people and while he understands that people from Lino Lakes are not residents of the City, they are part of the community. He explained that he does not take things lightly and has often encouraged resident involvement. He stated that he feels that there was a lot gone through Monday night at the Planning and Zoning Commission and these are changes that will affect the City for many years. He stated that he has only had about 30 hours of time to digest what heard Monday evening which he felt was not enough time. He stated that since the meeting, he has seen petitions and received a number of e-mails and phone calls. He stated that his job as an elected official is to be the voice for the people and hear the people who wanted to get involved. He noted that there is a lot of misinformation out on social media sites and thinks people deserve to be heard in a public forum, including the land owner and the developer. He stated that he believes it would be prudent and fair to have some type of public forum on this item. The City cannot stop a business coming here if it is zoned for that and stated that it would be against the law. He stated that he thinks there needs to be education and an exchange of information of what the CityÓs role is in this whole thing. He stated that there are certain parts of this project that he supports and others he would like to hear more about. He stated that he is not ready to make those kinds of commitments tonight based on 30 hours between the Planning and Zoning meeting and the Council meeting. He stated that he understands that this is a first reading and that an extension will be necessary. He asked if that extension time could be utilized to clarify to people so they understand what they are trying to do in the City. Mayor Love stated that he believes there will be an opportunity this evening to have the developer speak on their project and dispel rumors or inaccurate information. He reiterated that this is a first reading. He stated that with regard to the ordinance, he believes, that this was nothing more than a typographical error and was referring to stand alone car washes. He stated that it makes sense to allow a gas station to have a car wash and feels that this is the City cleaning up an ordinance that was not quite written in the correct way because someone brought it to their attention. No action needed. 2. Rehbein Commercial a. Preliminary Plat Administrator Statz asked Phil Carlson, City Planner, to give an overview of this item. thst Mr. Carlson stated that this is a plat for 24 acres, large parcel of vacant land between 20 and 21 Avenue on Main Street. The request is for a Preliminary Plat to divide it into 6 lots and noted that the details are included in the report. He gave an overview of the summary recommendations from the staff report. He stated that the proposal to divide the land meets basic City criteria for a Preliminary Plat and should be approved. He noted that there is an issue with Lot 1 and Lot 1A which cannot be combined because they are recorded under two different methods of property descriptions. He explained that because there is no immediate development proposed for those lots, it can be addressed at a later date through an administrative process. He state that there is a street shown that would end in a cul-de-sac and explained that there will be a traffic study to Page 7 of 26