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City of Centerville <br />City CounciUPublic Hearing Meeting Minutes <br />May 1, 2008 <br />Sorel, but when the City indicated it would implement eminent domain, they felt they had <br />no choice. She stated the effort, stress, and risk it took for them to purchase an investment <br />property only to have the Council tie their hands and eventually relinquish it back to the <br />City has been egregious and unconscionable. She stated they sold their home in 2007 and <br />now live at 7216 LaValle Drive and are facing another taking by the City because the <br />Council is turning a one block dead-end road, owned by the citizens, into a public street <br />with city water. She stated there are only five homes on this private road and they cannot <br />incur this expense. She stated they enjoy their well water and believe it to be superior <br />quality. She indicated they are not interested in relinquishing their street to the City and <br />are vehemently opposed to the project. She stated they believe the Council would be <br />overstepping its bounds for which it was originally intended, and prayed the Council will <br />make the right moral, ethical decision on behalf of the citizens who entrusted them to <br />serve on their behalf. <br />Eric Marshall, 7216 LaValle Drive <br />Mr. Marshall stated if the project goes forward, everybody will be required to hook up to <br />city water at a cost of approximately $15,000-$20,000. He stated he is not interested in <br />hooking to city water and based on past history, it is an incremental step in eminent <br />domain to increase the tax base in order to get federal funding. He asked the Council to <br />remove LaValle Drive from this project. <br />City Administrator Larson stated that Lavalle Drive is not proposed to be converted to a <br />city street, but rather will be served by an easement on the back side of the property. He <br />added the default is to use the easement the City already has on the back side. <br />City Engineer Statz responded to the comment about hiring an independent appraiser for <br />the project and stated they have done significant evaluation of the streets and have hired <br />Braun Intertec to look at the soils. He indicated the Braun report contained similar <br />suggestions with respect to street repairs. <br />City Engineer Statz responded to the comments regarding 73rd and whether the road <br />should have lasted longer and who should pay for it because others use that road. He <br />stated that it may be worthwhile to give consideration to giving those residents a break <br />because of the higher traffic volumes. He indicated that they further reviewed Peltier <br />Lake Drive and it is their opinion that much of Peltier Lake Drive is in terrible shape and <br />improvements are necessary and prudent. He replied to the question of sump pumps <br />draining toward the street and stated on a number of projects he has been involved with, <br />they included drain the and "T's" on each lot in the project in order to get the water out <br />of the street. <br />Tim Stevenson, 7289 Mill Road <br />Mr. Stevenson stated since moving to Centerville, his property taxes have tripled. He <br />indicated the current assessment calls for Mill Road being completely repaved and curbed <br />with a bike path. He stated he asked the Council last time if it ordered a traffic study on <br />Mill Road and Councilmember Paar replied "no." He stated he then asked why the City <br />is doing this project and the response was that "people are complaining." He stated he <br />Page8of13 <br />