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<br />City of Centerville <br />November 13,2002 <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated she would go ahead with the rezoning but would like to <br />continue the preliminary plat to the first meeting in December. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers asked when the clock started on the preliminary plat. <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that the clock started last Friday. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated the rezone fits the Comprehensive Plan. <br />She then said that there is a lot to iron out on the preliminary plat but she believes it is <br />important to loop the water main as that has been a goal as long as she has been around <br />and it is important to the safety of citizens and the safety of the school. She further said <br />she hopes for the shortest distance and for the cheapest amount for residents but the City <br />has always taken advantage of whenever a developer needs sewer and water and makes <br />them pick up as much of the cost as possible. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated the Jaw states that the City cannot assess <br />more than the value that residents get from the improvement and each unit owner has a <br />right to challenge an assessment so the City needs to make an effort to make sure that it is <br />within that amount so the City does not end up in court. She then said that this is the <br />third development where sewer and water have been run past existing homes and the City <br />is getting better at it each time. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated that she felt the rezone should be approved <br />but Council does not have to decide on the POO at this time. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg said he looked at the Comprehensive Plan closely and looked at the <br />surface water drainage questions addressed and the controlling people that deal with <br />floods are the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency. He then said the original flood plain designation was extensive <br />and would have covered most of the existing City but was revised in 1997 to a smaller <br />area. He further commented that a significant portion of this property is in the 100- year <br />flood plain and he is concerned with putting houses on a floodplain. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg indicated he did not have a concern with R-2 zoning but he is not in <br />favor of the areas that are designated as P-l and C-l. He then said that a definition of C- <br />1 could be addressed because the map by its existence is a definition. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg indicated he needed to know the elevation at the comer where <br />Centerville Road meets Peltier Lake Drive to determine whether it is higher than the land <br />to be developed. He then commented that this is the delta of a creek so it fans out and <br />adds more sediment and the elevation today may not be the elevation in 25 years, so he is <br />concerned with that. He further commented he does not mind homes going in there but <br />he does not want them where they would be flooded. <br /> <br />Mayor Swedberg indicated he was not prepared to vote on the rezoning and would like to <br />continue the matter until he has further information from a hydrologist to assure that <br /> <br />Page 8 of 29 <br />