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~~;6 R.P. Rivard, Mr. Rivard inquired as to sewer rental charges being based 1802 N. Simpson on the size of the rater meter, and was given the information on this matter as it appears in th~ninutes of October 21~, 1957, page 922. Mr. Rivard reported that when installing sewer service at his home, it was found that the stub in the street was higher than the house outlet and that he incurred extra footage expense because of this. After discussion, Mr. Betley agreed to follow thru on the matter for Mr. Rivard. Holton Street A petition signed by William M. Huber, 1892 Holton Street, and petition 1!~ other residents on Holton Street, was presented to the council. The petition requested the lowering of Holton Street from Roselawn Avenue to a point ad3acent to the drainage area located on the west side of Holton and north of Garden Avenue. She petition said that the proposed lowering of the street was to provide drainage of surface water away from the petitioners' properties in order to prevent daieage to same, the petitioners contending that grade corrections and raising of the street grades caused the problem and that the cost of the proposed lowering of the street should be borne by the overall severer and road pro3ect. About 30 persons were 3.n the audience. Engineers' Letter of November 1, 1957 from the pro3ect engineers and letter letters of November !t, 1957 from the village engineer, were read. The letters pointed out that some of the property owners on Holton had requested that the storm water ditches on each aide of Holton be filled, developing the drainage problem and pocketing the water on lawns and along the street. Also that a check of the profiles taken by the pro3ect engineers showed the elevation of the street was lower than the elevation of the front lawn at the house, and the shaping of the front lawns would require only grading of that portion adjacent to the road. The engineers stated to lower the street another foot would place this portion of Holton Street under water in the spring and make necessary re~a~ding of about 300 feet on Ruggles Avenue. Discussion In the discussion that followed with the petitioners, it was brought out by the engineers that the street is lower than the original grade, but that some of the residents had requested the contractor to fill the ditches in order to have boulevards and to eliminate culverts under each driveway, resulting in a drainage problem. Petitioners who were heard included: John McDonough, 1891 Holton; Fred Gardner, 1880 Holton; Mrs. William C. Reeves, 1877 Holton; Mrs. John McDonough and Don Wallace, 1910 Holton. Opening of The question of opening the ditches was discussed with ditches discussed Contractor Peter Lametti. Engineer Batley said there was enough time to open the ditches, but that lowering of the street would be out of the question this fall. Matter referred Utecht then. moved that the matter be referred to the to Engineers project engineer and village engineer for their recommendation as to a practical solution and for estimate of cost, to be submitted to the council no later than next Thursday, November 1l~, 1957. Seconded by Shavor and motion carried unanimously.