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From:Dnelson729 To:Mark Statz Cc:rnelsoncentervillemn@gmail.com; Athanasia Lewis Subject:Re: Met Council Public Hearing Date:Thursday, September 26, 2024 8:18:12 AM Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. Good Morning Mark, Attended the Met Council meeting yesterday listed to the entire meeting and presentations. 1. The meeting was routine with items to be expected and numerous committee reports. 2. The public hearing started on schedule lasting about 1.5 hours. 3. A number of respondents make comments specific to the community all well thought out and specific. The most unique a community that is entirely on well water and no sewer system. The city is single family as multi unit construction is cost prohibitive. 4. Sewer systems was mentioned by several other community. 5. Transportation systems with future growth were mention by several communities and individuals. 6. Our comments concerning built out communities was listened to polity with no questions and very few questions were asked of other presenters. 7. The Met Council seems to have no concern about future legislation, I spoke briefly with on council member. 8. While this will be a long process the suggestion from the members is have written comments submitted by October 7. 9. Thank You for suggestions, feel free to share.Richard Nelson Sent from AOL Desktop In a message dated 9/23/2024 3:21:41 PM Central Daylight Time, MStatz@centervillemn.com writes: Richard, Here are a few talking points you might want for your testimony at the public hearing on Wednesday: New density requirements for communities that are almost fully built out may cause some issues with the few pieces of land we have left. Changing density for communities such as Centerville will have little to no real effect on the overall, system wide need for housing and other priorities, but may have a