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City of Centerville <br />February 11, 2004 <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Mr. James expressed concern with the frequency of rebuilding the road. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers asked if he would choose not to have it redone. <br /> <br />Mr. James said he would choose not to rebuild it. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra explained she had asked for information from 1987 when there <br />was litigation and she spoke with Orville Hughes about the history of Center Street as <br />well as Staff. She then said that Council cannot fix everything that went wrong with <br />those roads but in these cases the roads did not last as long as they should have and there <br />is a situation where the City has to do some road repair and she feels that Center Street <br />needs to be done. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra said that her personal opinion is that she has an issue with <br />assessing residents for 75% of curb and would like to discuss that with Council. <br /> <br />Mr. Donald LaBonne of 6918 Pheasant Lane asked whether his home would need to be <br />hooked up to City water to sell. <br /> <br />Mr. Daniel Kupfer of 1761 Center Street asked what the driving force behind the project <br />is. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated that the City has several streets in dire <br />need of repair and the interest rates are low making this a good time for bonding for the <br />repairs. <br /> <br />Mr. Kupfer asked if the City has looked into assessments from other cities because he has <br />information from Paynesville, a city of similar size, and the assessment there for water is <br />only $900.00. He then asked the City to look into what it plans to assess residents for this <br />project to determine whether the City should be picking up more of the cost. <br /> <br />Mr. Peterson explained that residents pay for up to a six inch main and the City pays for <br />oversizing. He then said that the assessment is 100% because on a new development the <br />sanitary sewer and water main are 100% assessed to those that buy lots. He further <br />commented that this is a typical assessment for water and the City is paying half of the <br />sanitary sewer. <br /> <br />Mr. Kupfer asked if anyone looked at pricing for doing the water later. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers explained that every project that gets left out now <br />will pay more in the future due to inflation and interest rates so the reason to do this is <br />with lower interest rates it costs less overall. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney explained that larger projects bring better prices. He then commented <br />that the City has not been very good about street maintenance and it is time to rebuild <br />these streets. <br />Page 4 of 15 <br /> <br />