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<br />City Council Meeting Minutes <br />June 13,2001 <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated that the residents in attendance felt they <br />were entitled to their opinion even though not all of the opinions were based on fact. She <br />then noted that one (1) of the things she constantly reminds herself is that as a Council <br />Member, she needs to do what's best for the City as a whole and that being influenced by <br />a few people is not the best way to do that. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers asked Mr. Peterson if the City needs to loop <br />downtown into the water system to make the water system in town better, safer, more <br />reliable or more predictable. She questioned the ramifications of brining water to the <br />downtown area, timing and current infrastructure. She further noted that if the City <br />determines the need to install water service to the downtown area as it is important to the <br />City as a whole; perhaps the City needs to pick up a larger piece of the cost. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated she is not willing to abandon the idea at <br />this point, but feels further research should be done. She then noted she would like the <br />City Engineer to provide input and a report with definitive information prior to further <br />consideration. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra stated she would like to look into whether building an additional <br />water tower and looping the downtown area would be important with the new water <br />tower system. She then asked Mr. Wilharber if he knew how the church intended to <br />proceed with its expansion. Mr. Wilharber indicated he is on the committee that is <br />reviewing the expansion and noted the church is looking at installing bathrooms on the <br />east side. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra noted that if the church does add bathrooms on the end, it would <br />be a great benefit for them to have City water. She then noted that the church's decision <br />might be a large factor in how the project proceeds. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg stated that he supports the Minnesota Design Team but noted that he <br />had heard that residents do not want water downtown. He then suggested the City <br />Engineer determine whether it is possible to provide water to the one (1) block of <br />downtown that is interested in water without affecting other people. <br /> <br />Mr. Peterson indicated City water could be brought to the Kelly's block but noted it may <br />be possible to bring water to the Kelly's block by extending water south on Centerville <br />Road. <br /> <br />Mr. Bisek indicated that there were three (3) residents on his block not interested in water <br />servIces. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg noted the proposal, as presented, did not meet what residents would like <br />to see. He then noted if the City were going to achieve downtown revitalization, the <br />proposal would need to be reviewed and changed. <br /> <br />Page 14 of25 <br />