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I'4INtJ'f n3 City Counc:i.l. ~!ay 7_.`i~ 1.9£i3 Greenbri.er P1r. P1hey stated that he ~~~s not prepared to spencl more money on bi.ds Ci.rcl.e (Cont.) for tl~e improvem<~.nt if the p~~~titi.on i.s limited to ~7 per fronr_ foot. 7'ahey ,tated that: ~if people come in with a].:imited peC~i.ti.on, the C:.ty shoi~ld not spend money tal<i.n; bids ~ohen thE> esti.mate ~.i.s more Chan the limi.tation, Mr.. Van ~1orman, a res~i_dent: of Gre.enbrier Circle, appeared before t.he Counc~l. ~4r. Van ~~orm~in reporCed that: 1a>t F~il.1 tl~e res4.de:~nts were told tl'~at: they caould have to come i.n with ~ 100% pet~i.ti.on for the improvement, and tl~ere were two peopl.e who woul.d not. s~L~;n. The resi.dents t.kien asl<ed thst blacktop curb~in& not be insta:ll.ecl, but _i.t. ~•ra> put in -i.n the Fall.. VanD1or.man stated that the resi.dents should noc be charz;ed for t.he $3.00 ~er foo[ 1,'or the blaclctop curb~i.ng and also feLC tPiat ChF job done~ was a poor one. The 7Sn;,~ineer reporeed tltat last Ea11 when the 100% peti.ti.on wexs no[ Lortiicorn:i.ng, the bLacktop curb was i.nsta'll.ed. The I?n~_i.neer stated that ,ome of tt~ie cw-b~ing was i.n poor >hape due to ~copl.e connecti.n~; to Ci.ty water. ',Che x]nf;i.neer reporte~ thac the street: wi.'t1 be overlaid< A1s. Pauli.ne ;Hansour, a resi.dent of Che Cixcle, report:ed thaC tite cur.binp i_n Iront of `ier property aas patched and she did not: fe~~l Chat she sl~ould h,~iv~ ro ~ay Che saine ~ss~ssment as someone „ett~i.ng an entisel.y new cur'r~. The finoine~~er reported that Lhe assessmenC for ci,irbing :i.s i.ncl.udecl i.n f_he watermain assessment. 'Che Engi.neer ceported el~iat on1.y the blackCOp curb that was dama~;ed or removed due to Che w2termai.n project :i.> oiliaC was reE~laced, and the rest was patched. Ms. Mansour staLed that she wanted what. other property owriers recei.ved, the~t i.s a new curh. A9ansour staCe~l thc~[ the i_ssue was not on7.y the cost of the curb, biit t_he unsatis,f.actory job that was done. D~lansour stated that the worl<manship is not Co the sCandarcls that the r.esident> are payi_ng f.or and felt thziT, an i.mplrti.al. thi.rcl party sl~~ould mal<e an inspecti.on of the work. Mr. 3e1.d presenCed pictures of: the condition of th~ curbi.ng. The Pnginaer poinCed o~.it tliat the City has not accepted Che job ~nd Che contra~cCOr has not been pa~id. ,~rs. Scal.ee po~i.nted out that i.n a job of thi.s Cype, tt~ie stceet S.s resCOred to ttie condi.tion i.t was be~[ore the i.rnprovemenC, P4s. Mansour Ee1t Ch~T ~in fi.ve~ to si.x years, the paCChworlc curbi.n~ wi1L divi_de and separate. Pas;e -2-