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City of Centerville <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br />September 28, 2005 <br /> <br />Council Member Paar said he understands needing to maintain but wants to maintain <br />consistency with enforcement of nothing in the easement. <br /> <br />Mayor Capra said she sees the bridges as a different thing than the docks to maintain the <br />easement area as required and she would like this to go to Planning and Zoning. <br /> <br />Council Member Terway said that if they cannot access the remainder of the property <br />then he would be willing to consider it and feels that is different than a dock that is not a <br />necessity. <br /> <br />Mayor Capra said that she does not think it is feasible to have a removable bridge to <br />access the rest of the property as that is a hardship for residents. <br /> <br />Council Member Lakso disagreed because the bridges have made it easy for the ones that <br />put bridges out but there are not very many bridges so many other residents are handling <br />this a different way already. <br /> <br />Council Member Lee indicated he does not want to pick and choose to whom the <br />Ordinance applies. <br /> <br />Mayor Capra indicated that the City does allow fences in the easement. She then said she <br />wanted to amend Ordinance #4 to allow for bridges. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft provided clarification to Council that the bridge that was before <br />Council at the last meeting is a bridge across the area that has defined water in it but the <br />bridge accesses property on the other side that is still drainage easement and he is not <br />sure that the City should be condoning access to it for mowing and landscaping as the <br />property is drainage easement. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft asked how Staff would create guidelines or a policy on where those <br />bridges would be allowed and how do you define the area to be allowed. He then said <br />that it would be difficult to determine if the bridge goes from a resident’s property to a <br />drainage easement or more property that is outside of the easement. He further <br />commented that he would recommend the City not do things on a case by case basis. <br /> <br />Motion by Council Member Lakso, seconded by Council Member Lee to direct Staff <br />to inform residents to remove bridges in drainage easements by October 31, 2005. <br />Ayes – 4, Nays – 1(Capra). Motion carried. <br /> <br />IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS/UPDATES <br /> <br /> <br />1.City Administrator, Mr. Dallas Larson <br /> <br />Page 7 of 9 <br /> <br />