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City of Centerville <br />City Council Meeting Minutes <br />August 14, 2024 <br />14. Amy Chatt, 1676 Lakeland Circle. Ms. Chatt said that she has lived in Centerville for 26 years <br />and is fully in support of development of our downtown area. She said she does think we are in a <br />great spot right now to gather input from current community members and revisit our master plan. <br />Ms. Chatt said there's a lot of new families in town since she’s moved in, so she’d like to gather <br />input from the entire city. Ms. Chatt said that she is fully in support of option #3. She added that <br />she feels it’s fair that current landowners can sell if they want to, so she thinks option #3 seems <br />like a great compromise with a couple of little changes to the wording: #1. to residential uses with <br />a density equal to, or greater than 20 units per buildable acre. She said she thinks Anita Rios had <br />mentioned something about that, and she thinks that makes a lot of sense to look at the buildable <br />acreage. She said she would also like to change the wording in #2. to uses greater than two floors <br />above grade and to scratch that word habitable. <br /> <br />15. Cara Johnson, 1862 Partridge Place. Ms. Johnson said that over that last several months she has <br />attended every Planning and Zoning Commission and Council meeting either in person or <br />virtually, spent countless hours reading through Centerville by laws, the master plan, the <br />comprehensive plan, agenda packets, driving through town to understand the different zoning and <br />been consistent advocates, sharing her vision, concerns and ideas. Ms. Johnson stated that what <br />has been unfortunate is that the past four months have felt like a fight. Ms. Johnson asked how <br />residents could work harder and learn enough about the city’s documents to make compelling <br />enough arguments that would hopefully convince the council to consider, listen, pause, reflect. <br />Ms. Johnson also said that she has spent quite a bit of time reflecting, debating vigorously with her <br />husband, talking to her fellow Centerville residents and speaking with many council members, and <br />that she truly believes we have an opportunity to stop working against one another and start <br />working together, noting that at the heart of all of the debate, discussion, frustration is a city full <br />of caring, passionate, engaged, motivated residents that want to work with the Council to build a <br />plan; she added that residents want to figure out how to preserve what we they love while <br />continuing to move forward. <br /> <br />Ms. Johnson added that she believes the goal of the moratorium should be to take a moment to <br />stop, reflect, listen to one another, and jointly rebuild a plan for the city that we can all love, <br />because at the end of the day, the way our town looks and feels like is deeply personal, because <br />it's unquestionably tied to what we all love the most, our families and our homes. Ms. Johnson said <br />that the only way she sees that we can truly unlock the power of this community is through a <br />moratorium and without carve outs, because that's when we listen. She added that we eliminate <br />costly distractions, and we work on behalf of one another and all stakeholders. Ms. Johnson stated <br />that she would like the Council to remember, as they consider how they’ll vote, more citizens <br />signed a petition against high density development and against Tax increment Finance (TIF) than <br />voted in the last city council election. She further stated that this means the Council’s voting <br />populace is not in favor of this plan, adding that those who have spoken at the last public hearing <br />in May have come from neighborhoods across Centerville, and at the May Planning & Zoning <br />Commission hearing, alone, 33% of speakers lived more than one mile away from the LaLonde <br />property, with an average distance of .8 miles. Ms. Johnson said that in a city that's only two miles <br />long, that represents a large swath. She said she knows a group of passionate citizens has knocked <br />on nearly every door in Centerville to go and listen to all citizens engaged or not, regardless of <br />whether they are here or not. Ms. Johnson urged council members to perform their own outreach <br />to ensure that community members who are unable to attend these meetings are heard, and not to <br />make decisions based on what they haven't heard. Ms. Johnson supports the moratorium to engage <br />with the citizens that are both present and absent. <br />Page 8 of 13 <br /> <br /> <br />