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City of Centerville November 13,2002 Council Meeting Minutes when homes are put there they will not be in water or one foot away from water shortly thereafter, Mayor Swedberg indicated there are good reasons to loop the water but he thinks the developer should pay for the entire thing, Motion bv Mavor Swedbere:. seconded bv Council Member Nelson to continue the rezone and preliminary plat to the next Council Meetine: for further information and discussion. Mr. John Buckbee, 7381 Peltier Circle, indicated that the assessments have no bearing on the rezoning, He then said that they applied back in September and there was a series of delays and the information in front of Council has been with Council for some time. He further commented that he is concerned with putting this off because it is already past the 60 days and the City added another 60 days. My. Buckbee explained that the P-l property was purchased from the St Paul Water Utility and is no longer public property and, as a matter of housekeeping, should be rezoned, He then explained that City Attorney Hoeft had given an opinion that C-I is not a legal zoning and was put in 'at one time as a vision for trails. He further commented that he is asking that the property be rezoned to R-2 and noted that, at one time, it was all zoned R-l other than the land purchased from the St Paul Water Utility, Council Member Nelson indicated she did not understand where C-l and P-l were on the map. Mayor Swedberg explained where it as and said it delineates flood plain and said that whether or not it exists in Ordinance #4 does not make it illegal and those things are correctable, He then said as far as he is concerned, it makes a definition of category C-l as flood plain and that is for places where you do not want to have anyone build on. Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated that flood plain is not a zoning so Ordinance #4 would not address it Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated there was flood plain in the middle of the City with residential zoning, My. Gonyea indicated that Rice Creek does have a setback of 100 feet and a setback of75 feet for grading so there would be no grading within the setbacks from the channel. He also indicated that the P-l area would likely fall under a drainage and utility easement, Council Member Nelson indicated she felt that Rice Creek Watershed would take care of this issue, VOTE: Aves -l(Swedbere:). Navs - 4. Motion failed. Page 9 of 29