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City of Centerville <br />City CounciUPublic Hearing Meeting Minutes <br />May 1, 2008 <br />third well. He indicated this is not part of the City's comprehensive plan and he is <br />concerned that the City cannot supply water to all people. He indicated that everyone on <br />his street has petitioned against this project and added they have good elevation, good <br />curbs, they have never had an overlay, and their road is not distressed to need full <br />reconstruction. He stated this project is very comprehensive and includes a lot of extra <br />measures to remove water saturation under the road with drain tile. He expressed concern <br />about laying drain the under roads and diverting water to rain gardens because it means <br />you are just redistributing water. He asked that the Council reconsider or scale down the <br />project. <br />John Fischbach, 1684 Lakeland Circle <br />Mr. Fischbach stated he is not affected by the project but there is a stake in his yard and <br />asked what this stake is for. He stated he read in the Citizen that the Beard Group is <br />slowing down its project due to economic reasons because they cannot find anyone to go <br />in the anchor store and the only thing they think they can get approved is apartments. He <br />indicated as a citizen of Centerville, the City needs to think about what it is doing. He <br />asked if the comment is true regarding state or federal funding and the requirement that <br />funding will kick in when the population reaches 5,000 residents. He stated from what he <br />has heard, this might be another indicator that the project is too big for this size <br />community and asked the Council to reconsider the project. <br />City Administrator Larson stated when the population reaches 5,000 or above, a city <br />qualifies for state aid for road construction on designated roads; those funds come from <br />the state gas tax. <br />City Engineer Statz responded to the question about a traffic study and stated that a <br />traffic study has not been performed. He added a traffic study would not show whether <br />there is a danger to pedestrians and speeding is not the only thing that affects safety; a lot <br />of times, it is the interaction and volume of people using the roadway as a bikeway and/or <br />pedestrian lane. He replied to the question about the City's infrastructure and third well <br />by stating there is a third well the City is looking at which will be implemented if the <br />demand for water reaches the point where a third well is needed. He added the City has <br />two wells in place and an interconnection with Lino Lakes and at this point, the City's <br />wells supply water to the system adequately and will do so for the foreseeable future. He <br />indicated the water tower is sized for a population over 5,000 people, including all new <br />development and the downtown redevelopment. He replied to Mr. Fischbach's question <br />regarding the stake in his yard by stating the stake is for survey purposes only and does <br />not affect him. <br />City Administrator Larson stated the water tower is paid for. He added one of the <br />concerns mentioned during this process is whether the City has a system designed to <br />serve all of the City with only those paying a user charge paying for that system. He <br />indicated that this was one of the goals of having everybody hooked up to the system. <br />Page 10 of 13 <br />