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great opportunity for the City to assure people and have the Met Council approve its position regarding the requirement to hook up to City sewer and water if it is available. He stated he may be forced to hook up to sewer and water simply because it is available resulting in his being assessed substantial hook up costs when the alternative might be a very inexpensive repair to his system. Brendon Slotterback, Bonestroo, stated Section V (page 30) of the land use chapter addresses this issue and is consistent with what is contained in the 2020 draft;hich states that future expansion of urban services must be consistent with the City Charter. rrytiyyµ �:r`•:rti; "`°` Mr. Hendrickson stated he felt this provision still stops %slsjio ort�oflw hat he would like to see in the plan and added maybe the City Charter needs to be,r "eyised to inc1i de stronger language. Commissioner Brauer recited a portion of the;, an which states, in park that residents must hook up to City sewer only if a pollution problem exists Mr. Hendrickson reiterated his ce conrn that at some pint }there might be 'W effort to force S4 hookups or in the event that a system iswc eemed to be u failed condition and stated he would like to have homeowners be able to in : .theCl nice of hooking, up or fixing their system. Community DevelopmentsDirector Mille s tated the Comprehensive Plan has to be consistent n �„ . titi �.. ti; � �' ti t , e � �. with the current City Charter'arnd agreed the City could review the'issue further to determine if ti's. the City Charter should b amended.. Mr. Carlson stated one issue.. to consnder,is whether :an enforcement of a potential health problem '�- if a s, s� ti 4 is going to tnggez the hook up requirement ; g , routine inspection finds some sort of failure. Eric Zaetsch, 6521 154I;ane NW; stated that Natalie Hass Steffen attended the October 18 4Yb meeting and' the projected po ulatnon number was discussed; he asked her if the 13,650 units represented amts thhat were connected oOnot connected" and Ms. Haas Steffen replied that the Met Council is b concerned w t i connectivity and only wants the City to plan for 13,650 units. He stated he felt tlukstatement should be contained in the plan. Mr. Zaetsch also expressed:yconcern that neither the plan nor the Met Council gives any consideration to the issue of' water conservation. He stated the City's neighboring communities draw from the same aquifer and asked that the neighboring communities be asked to review the optimistic numbers contained in the plan and to consider the water availability based on those numbers. Chris Nelson, 760 166 Avenue NW, requested clarification regarding the transportation section on page 54 of the plan as it relates to the 167 Avenue extension. Associate Planner Gladhill stated this is an error and staff had intended on removing it. He indicated the map for the planned transportation shows it has been removed and the section of Planning Commission/November 6, 2008 Page 15of19