2024-06-12 CC Minutes - Approved

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City of Centerville City Council Meeting Minutes June 12, 2024 Motion by Council Member Taylor, seconded by Council Member Sweeney to Approve the Agenda with the Removal of the Public Hearing, Tabling of the Minutes, the Removal of New Business Item #1 and the Addition of Public Comment. Motion carried. IV. APPOINTMENT/PRESENTATION/PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Love stated that the comments would be provided without back-and-forth conversation and requested that the period for each comment should be limited to five minutes. He stated that he would call individuals for comments in order that the Comment Forms were received. This is an opportunity for the public to provide comments for the Council to listen to and consider. Mr. Chad Wagner, 6781 Beaver Pond Way, asked about the desire of reaching a population of 5,000 and that additional funding would be provided for State Aid when/if available. He stated that he was unaware of the amount but felt that it was $100,000 + a year and that if that was the deciding factor or what the push was for that. He stated that if the goal is financial, then working with the City of Lino Lakes regarding public safety seemed like an avenue to alleviate funding for those services. He stated that the City of Lino Lakes previously had a different Mayor who was not interested in working collaboratively previously when services were joint but now there was a different Mayor who is interested in entertaining collaboration of services and that it seemed like a logical issue. He stated that he felt that the cost savings would be more than any state aid and asked if the Council could comment or state their position on the matter. Mayor Love stated that the Council would not address the issue and were only receiving input at this time and thanked Mr. Wagner for his comments. Ms. Karen Brumbaugh, 7210 LaValle Drive, stated that she has lived in the community for four years and is representing the thoughts of others that live within her development (i.e., opposed to TIF and that it did not seem fair or logical to them. She also stated that the Master Plan had been developed numerous years ago and they were wondering if the Council would consider rezoning under the Master Plan and making the LaLonde property single family homes and that the location will tell people how beautiful Centerville is on that piece of property. She thanked Council for their time. Mayor Love thanked Ms. Brumbaugh for her comments. Heather Carciofini, 1652 Lakeland Circle, stated that she has learned a large amount about the city in the last several weeks and what the residents want and do not want. She stated that she sincerely hoped that the Council had learned some things as well. She stated that she has met and chatted with more Centerville neighbors in the past two months than in the entire time that she has lived in Centerville. She thanked the Council for that opportunity with this issue. She strongly urged Council to get there and knock on some doors themselves and have some conversations too. She stated that she very much hoped that Council would come to see along with herself and her neighbors that high density development is just not an appropriate fit for Centerville and that constructing a high density housing project along with associated retail development that is anticipated to follow on perhaps the most iconic and picturesque corner of town is a terrible mistake and that once it is done it can not be redone. She hoped that the Council will revisit the 2006 Master Plan and the rezoning that was completed to facilitate it. She thanked Council for their time. Mayor Love thanked Ms. Carciofini for her comments. Ms. Anita Rios, 1680 Lakeland Circle, stated that she wanted to thank each and everyone of them for taking her calls over the last week and that they listened to her concerns and share their perspectives for the future development in Centerville. She stated that while the current TIF resolution is mute, she wanted to go on record to say that if they are in any doubt about a very contingent of Centerville residents are not Page 2 of 7