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City of Centerville Meeting Minutes December 27, 2006 Departments, the reserve officers from Centennial Lakes Police department, and the Criminal Investigation Division of Anoka County for their assistance recently. Sergeant Pat Aldrich briefly updated the Council on the activities of the Centennial Lakes Police Department pertinent to Centerville. VII. OLD BUSINESS 1.Joint Powers Agreement City Attorney Glaser stated since their last meeting, the County agreed to concessions on the streetscape plans. He noted they have not agreed to change the ponding, but he believed the City would not have to pay the full amount of ponding costs or there was a possibility of not paying any cost, which he would talk about to the Council privately. He stated in total they were about $500,000 from where they started. He recommended that the Council pass the agreement in its current form. He did not believe that the City would receive any additional concessions. Mayor Capra stated she would like to make this contingent upon receiving the agreement in writing. City Attorney Glaser stated he would clarify the language in item 4b with the County. Council Member Paar stated he was going to vote against this agreement because there was $500,000 that should not be there. He noted he was for the road and they needed the road, but when he ran for re-election he wanted to make sure the City paid for what they should and he believed they were paying $500,000 too much, which he believed was the County’s error. He stated he would support the road and this was strictly a moral issue for him. He indicated he was displeased with how this was handled by the County. Council Member Lee stated he agreed with Council Member Paar that they were paying too much money. He stated he would not provide a “no” vote on this issue. He believed the County would receive Council Member Paar’s message, but they needed to do the road even though he did not agree with the costs. Council Member Terway stated they needed this to happen in order to make the downtown happen. He agreed with Council Member Paar with respect to the costs, but he believed staff had reduced those costs as much as possible. He noted this road would benefit the City for many years to come. He stated he supported the project and would vote for it. Council Member Lakso noted if the road was not redone, it would deteriorate. She believed the costs were done as fairly as they could have been. She stated she would in favor of the project. Page 3 of 8