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City of Centerville <br />City CounciUPublic Hearing Meeting Minutes <br />May 1, 2008 <br />and in order to connect to the house, a branch line will be drilled under their house, which <br />will require 30-40 more feet of additional water line. She asked about the requirement to <br />connect to city water and stated she understood there was a ruling that states a city cannot <br />force residents to cap their wells. <br />J.J. Sahlstrom, 1605 Peltier Lake Drive <br />Mr. Sahlstrom stated this project is estimated at $7 million with the city's share of 70% <br />amounting to an average of $4,184 per household, and the remaining 30% divided among <br />the affected property owners, averaging $4,937 per house, for a total average per affected <br />household of $9,121. He stated his well works great and his road is as good as the <br />average road in Centerville. He suggested the City scale back the work on Peltier Lake <br />Drive to include only necessary road repairs. He added that another factor to consider is <br />that the 2009 project will not improve property values. He questioned who benefits from <br />the project and who pays. He did not feel the people living on Peltier Lake will benefit <br />from getting city water. He stated that routine road maintenance should be included as <br />part of the city budget. <br />City Engineer Statz stated that the principle behind road improvements is to be prudent <br />with taxpayer money and to be proactive with pavement management. He stated that <br />pavement on a busy road can certainly be more susceptible to failure and the City tries to <br />keep up the maintenance on these roads; one part of maintenance is mill and overlay and <br />another is D type improvements. He stated he felt the effort being put forth by the City is <br />proactive and requires the City to be prudent over a long period of time. He stated that <br />corner lots have a full assessment on the front part of the lot and a much smaller (20%) <br />assessment on the side yard. He stated with respect to the water main on Robin Lane, the <br />City explored alternative locations but there are a number of issues associated with the <br />placement of the water main in back yards. He explained this placement would increase <br />the length of the water main, but the overriding factor in the City's decision has to do <br />with the lack of easements in back yards because these lots only have 10' easements and <br />hooking all service to that main requires more than ten feet; this would require obtaining <br />additional construction easements from each property owner. He addressed the question <br />regarding the requirement to cap wells and stated the Department of Health has informed <br />staff that wells will be allowed for non-potable uses such as sprinklers. <br />Sheri Szabo, 7124 Centerville Road <br />Ms. Szabo stated the whole idea to improve Centerville was to clean up the downtown <br />area, improve the streets, bring in more people and businesses, and have better homes and <br />neighborhoods. She stated they can no longer afford to live here and asked what will <br />happen when you have a really pretty town but no one can afford to live there. <br />John Moore, 1743 Peltier Lake Drive <br />Mr. Moore expressed frustration that they were told in February that wells needed to be <br />capped and now it appears they do not need to be capped. He stated he does not have <br />confidence that the scope of the project has been reduced to where it needs to be. He <br />asked if an independent appraiser should review the scope of the project to make sure <br />everything is in order. <br />Page 6 of 13 <br />